MDKSA-2000:017

Package name

BitchX

Date

2000-07-07

Advisory ID

MDKSA-2000:017

Affected versions

6.1 i586 , 7.0 i586 , 7.1 i586

Problem description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in BitchX. Improper handling of incoming invitation messages can crash the client. Any user on IRC can send the client an invitation message that causes BitchX to segfault.

Updated packages

6.1 i586

 5e34661e39b67283600ba138694730c5   6.1/RPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.i586.rpm
d4876a7dc0b40226b8abbd80e01988a6   6.1/SRPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.src.rpm

7.0 i586

 4f28b30cb2bfd09cec05e0bf2af2da99   7.0/RPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.i586.rpm
d4876a7dc0b40226b8abbd80e01988a6   7.0/SRPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.src.rpm

7.1 i586

 f6297ab3e697cfa24762565a26ff6544   7.1/RPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.i586.rpm
d4876a7dc0b40226b8abbd80e01988a6   7.1/SRPMS/BitchX-75p3-12mdk.src.rpm