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 Debian: New eggdrop packages fix arbitrary code execution
 by Patrick Lenz, in Security - Tue, Jan 8th 2008 07:00 UTC

It was discovered that eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. Fixed packages are available from security.debian.org.

Links: security.debian.org

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1448-1                  security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                               Steve Kemp
January 05, 2008                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : eggdrop
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2007-2807
Debian Bug     : 427157

It was discovered that eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot, was vulnerable
to a buffer overflow which could result in a remote user executing
arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
1.6.18-1etch1.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.17-3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.18-1.1

We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop 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 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 3.1 alias sarge
- --------------------------------

Source archives:

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1.diff.gz
   Size/MD5 checksum:    36928 cfaa50371d39bd8e2994e37fecc6ff86
 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17.orig.tar.gz
   Size/MD5 checksum:  1030413 a0f9befca240072e45cd57908bb819d0
 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1.dsc
   Size/MD5 checksum:      651 b3522add4d8a7d6ca05072fa2e733509

Architecture independent packages:

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.17-3sarge1_all.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   410510 bb84e646defd5d2f29eef07a4bcddc35

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_alpha.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   602006 bd5130ad50ff7a265a1a52bccf41ee4e

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_amd64.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   535646 67bf2ced5e6c6b7fd36a4f31e0dd563f

arm architecture (ARM)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_arm.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   494010 03361c7e85a481bf32991fab01ebc544

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_hppa.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   594058 a7b7fedc13f8fff6812d02878c8ef871

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_i386.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   470438 f3a8dde2d859cbd72cfa8a50ef7c500d

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_ia64.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   733390 f5e186d15eb55594c203fc76f03fc6b4

m68k architecture (Motorola Mc680x0)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_m68k.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   439430 876fa0049e3eae163c88f4fc21ef3991

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_mips.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   514084 8a2c0716911a4f14a79525f4bda97558

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_mipsel.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   516766 f9d2046d98a283c253b6bd0890e19a76

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_powerpc.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   516616 5e26e11c8cc8248ab55abb047469268d

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_s390.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   524026 e1a9c4e11d1ef39a5e9c95fa13b82d36

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.17-3sarge1_sparc.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   496820 f6226930abbc54b1c9f6f12ca16b0c4b


Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18.orig.tar.gz
   Size/MD5 checksum:  1025608 c2734a51926bdf0380d8bb53f5a7b2ee
 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1.dsc
   Size/MD5 checksum:      642 51a806bb57b49ad48aaf33de7ee68a22
 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1.diff.gz
   Size/MD5 checksum:     7735 1a4235a0c37b8ceda4f9a6c7d959caac

Architecture independent packages:

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop-data_1.6.18-1etch1_all.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   412462 68732ebe9e8a2acc3c0f6d014c40117d

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_alpha.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   596918 34ee4259e293b79c6e070b0d6c674227

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_amd64.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   537278 1f50307bb1f23c45a66b2727b7f1def8

arm architecture (ARM)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_arm.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   498644 9df0fb22c80946159524c92b57427ffe

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_hppa.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   599774 1e37281849d63b4094cca6f80231f1df

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_i386.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   476308 cd53f77bd94f508fe22891368c7733a5

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_ia64.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   755256 3d0786df79f2a112a8ddf2c13b1a25b0

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_mips.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   534334 992714b10e468def8d919d374f99b1f1

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_mipsel.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   537058 d5a5471f4e5dd41638886c5747820a4f

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_powerpc.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   522180 9aed03927df0bfd92ce68f1832881cbc

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_s390.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   529796 224f6400c4c880fc6534e63ace1d1979

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/eggdrop/eggdrop_1.6.18-1etch1_sparc.deb
   Size/MD5 checksum:   491240 4c0efbfedc4604ae67edaf8eae2f3229


 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
 its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/
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 Referenced projects

eggdrop - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) bot that can be extended using either C or TCL.



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