[SECURITY] [DTSA-23-1] New centericq packages fix buffer overflow

[maulkin at mx0.halon.org.uk (Neil McGovern)]

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Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-23-1              December 5th, 2005
secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org                  Neil McGovern
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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Package        : centericq
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem-Scope  : local
Debian-specific: No
CVE ID         : CVE-2005-3863 

CVE-2005-3863

	Mehdi Oudad "deepfear" and Kevin Fernandez "Siegfried" from the Zone-H
	Research Team discovered a buffer overflow in kkstrtext.h of the ktools
	library, which is included in centericq.

For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version
4.21.0-6.0etch1

For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
4.21.0-6

This upgrade is recommended if you use centericq.

The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the
stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable,
the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready.

Upgrade Instructions
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To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free

Run the following command as root to make apt trust this repository:

wget http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc -O - | sudo apt-key add -

To install the update, run this command as root:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer
to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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