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Trillians Identd is susceptible to a buffer overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7115
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Release Date:
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2002-09-17
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Last Update:
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2002-09-19
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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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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| Software: | Trillian 0.x
Trillian Pro 1.x
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released! |
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Description:
When using Trillian to connect to IRC it is necessary to have indent running, Trillians ident suffers a buffer overflow.
This can be used to DoS the identd, but it might also be possible to gain system access.
Solution:
Disable Trillians identd and install another or use another IRC client until Trillian releases an updated version.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Lance Fitz-Herbert
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Trillian MSN Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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2. Trillian Protocol Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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3. Trillian buffer overflows
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