Debian Security Advisory

DSA-912-1 centericq -- denial of service

Date Reported:

30 Nov 2005

Affected Packages:

centericq

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 334089.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3694.

More information:

Wernfried Haas discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, can crash when it receives certain zero length packets and is directly connected to the Internet.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.1-1.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.21.0-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.5.1-1.1woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-common_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-fribidi_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/centericq/centericq-utf8_4.20.0-1sarge3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.