Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201209-9 - A vulnerability has been found in Atheme which may lead to Denial of Service or a bypass of security restrictions. Versions less than 6.0.10 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-09
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Atheme IRC Services: Denial of Service
Date: September 25, 2012
Bugs: #409103
ID: 201209-09
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in Atheme which may lead to Denial of
Service or a bypass of security restrictions.
Background
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Atheme is a portable and secure set of open-source and modular IRC
services. CertFP is certificate fingerprinting used to authenticate
users to nicknames.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/atheme-services < 6.0.10 >= 6.0.10
Description
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The myuser_delete() function in account.c does not properly remove
CertFP entries when deleting user accounts.
Impact
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A remote authenticated attacker may be able to cause a Denial of
Service condition or gain access to an Atheme IRC Services user
account.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Atheme users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/atheme-services-6.0.10"=
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1576
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1576
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-09.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5