Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200404-15.
Solution
All XChat users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1'
# emerge '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1'
Note that users of the gtk1 version of xchat (1.8.*) should upgrade to xchat-1.8.11-r1:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1'
# emerge '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200404-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46856
http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2004-04/msg00000.html
Insight
XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0409 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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