Package : centericq Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3863 BugTraq ID : 15600 Debian Bug : 340959
Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, which may lead local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21.0-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.
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 at the end of this advisory:
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 - --------------------------------