OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2003.045
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2003.045
Advisory Published:      2010-02-09 20:13 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20031019.01
Issue First Created:     2003-10-19
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          05


Subject Name:            IRCd
Subject Summary:         IRCnet Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Server
Subject Home:            http://www.irc.org/~irc/server/
Subject Versions:        * <= 2.10.3p3

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2003-0864
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           denial of service

Description:
    According to a report from Piotr Kucharski [0] a buffer overflow
    vulnerability exists in ircd [1] that allows a remote attacker to
    crash the ircd server, thus causing a denial of service condition.

References:
    [0] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/341099
    [1] http://www.irc.org/servers.html
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0864
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/ircd-2.10.3p3-1.2.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/ircd-2.10.3p3-1.3.1.src.rpm
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    ircd
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/ircd

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         ircd-2.10.3p3-1.2.0
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         ircd-2.10.3p3-1.3.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ircd-2.10.3p3-20030725

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         ircd-2.10.3p3-1.2.1
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         ircd-2.10.3p3-1.3.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ircd-2.10.3p4-20031012