Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51472
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:765
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:765
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2003:765. The ircd package contains an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server[1]. Piotr Kucharski reported[2] a buffer overflow vulnerability that may allow an attacker to crash the ircd server, thus causing a denial of service condition. The package released with this advisory includes a patch[3] that fixes the problem. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0864[4] to this issue. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/341099 http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~ chopin/ircd/patches/m_join.diff http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0864 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:765 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 8817 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0864 Bugtraq: 20031012 buffer overflow in IRCD software (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106606129601446&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:765 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000765 Bugtraq: 20031019 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.045] OpenPKG Security Advisory (ircd) (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106667431021928&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8817 XForce ISS Database: ircd-mjoin-bo(13408) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/13408
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