GLSA 200701-20: Centericq: Remote buffer overflow in LiveJournal handling

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Centericq: Remote buffer overflow in LiveJournal handling
Date:	01/24/2007
Bugs:	#160793
ID:	200701-20

Synopsis

Centericq does not properly handle communications with the LiveJournal service, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Centericq is a text mode menu-driven and window-driven instant messaging interface.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/centericq	<= 4.21.0-r2		All supported architectures

Description

When interfacing with the LiveJournal service, Centericq does not appropriately allocate memory for incoming data, in some cases creating a buffer overflow.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to connect to an unofficial LiveJournal server causing Centericq to read specially crafted data from the server, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Centericq.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Currently, Centericq is unmaintained. As such, Centericq has been masked in Portage until it is again maintained.

    # emerge --ask --verbose --unmerge "net-im/centericq"

References

CVE-2007-0160

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-20.xml

Concerns?

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