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Debian DSA-399-1 : epic4 - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15236

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jeremy Nelson discovered a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in EPIC4, a popular client for Internet Relay Chat (IRC). A malicious server could craft a reply which triggers the client to allocate a negative amount of memory. This could lead to a denial of service if the client only crashes, but may also lead to executing of arbitrary code under the user id of the chatting user.

Solution

Upgrade the epic4 package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.2.20020219-2.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-399

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15236

File Name: debian_DSA-399.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:epic4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0328

BID: 8999

DSA: 399