Executive Summary

Summary
Title New xchat packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name DSA-493 First vendor Publication 2004-04-21
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2004-04-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the Socks-5 proxy code of XChat, an IRC client for X similar to AmIRC. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the users' machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.9-0woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xchat and related packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-493

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11312
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11312
Title: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with socks5 traversal enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with socks5 traversal enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0409
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 29

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200404-15 (xchat)
File : nvt/glsa_200404_15.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: xchat2
File : nvt/freebsd_xchat2.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 493-1 (xchat)
File : nvt/deb_493_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
5490 XChat Socks-5 Overflow

A remote overflow exists in XChat. The Socks5 proxy section of the product lacks adequate input validation providing an attack vector for a stack overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can elevate permissions resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_8338a20f957311d893660020ed76ef5a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-585.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-493.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-08-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200404-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-036.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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