Package : xchat Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0409 Debian Bug : 244184
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.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------