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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2000.396 -- RHSA-2000:126-03 New BitchX packages are available which fix the problem with processing malformed DNS answers. 14 December 2000 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: BitchX Vendor: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux Linux BSD Impact: Denial of Service Inappropriate Access Access Required: Remote - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: New BitchX packages are available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:126-03 Issue date: 2000-12-13 Updated on: 2000-12-13 Product: Red Hat Powertools Keywords: N/A Cross references: N/A - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: New BitchX packages are available which fix the problem with processing malformed DNS answers. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Powertools 6.0 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Powertools 7.0 - i386, alpha 3. Problem description: A problem exists where BitchX will process malformed DNS answers, allowing an attacker to crash the client, or possibly access the BitchX session remotely. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): N/A 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Powertools 6.2: alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-3.alpha.rpm sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/BitchX-1.0c17-3.sparc.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-3.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-3.src.rpm Red Hat Powertools 7.0: alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-4.src.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ee003d30c3658308bc034c559f0a5d4f 6.2/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-3.src.rpm 0c0f7c0226cd479d679fe370b81435ff 6.2/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-3.alpha.rpm 8030ff566122dcbe3f9c826ee54736f3 6.2/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-3.i386.rpm d3f6f4f172cbf54afe2af519c2efb471 6.2/sparc/BitchX-1.0c17-3.sparc.rpm f96cfc0210926861d1f9f797a91e528c 7.0/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-4.src.rpm 16f31a2be5e84f99b83210aec219d24e 7.0/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm 157d026dded2ff8417a55ff793dbc26a 7.0/alpha/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm c17d86c9b40a179fa6b069ec43c374a4 7.0/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm 461cf25450f5b3ba1f3a7d6b76c42eaa 7.0/i386/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename> 8. References: http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1=149471 Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. The decision to use any or all of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures. NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin. It may not be updated when updates to the original are made. 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