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Gentoo BitchX Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31180
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Release Date:
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2008-07-22
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Popularity:
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1,325 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4584
CVE-2007-5839
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Description:
Gentoo has acknowledged a security issue and a vulnerability in bitchx, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges and by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA26578
SA27463
Solution:
The vendor recommends to unmerge bitchx and use another IRC client.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml
Other References:
SA26578:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26578/
SA27463:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27463/
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