Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:17:02 -0300
From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [CLA-2001:389] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement –
licq
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
PACKAGE : licq SUMMARY : Remote command execution DATE : 2001-03-27 14:16:00 ID : CLA-2001:389 RELEVANT RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1, 6.0
DESCRIPTION
“licq” is a very popular ICQ graphical client. Previous versions
have two vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the client host. The
first vulnerability is a buffer overflow in a log function. The
second vulnerability consists in the use of the system() function
to invoke an external browser when an URL is received. This
function will expand and interpret shell characters and this could
be used to execute commands on behalf of the user running licq.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all licq users install the update for their
specific version of the distribution.
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/licq-0.61-7cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/licq-0.61-7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/licq-0.61-7cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/licq-0.61-7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/licq-0.61-7cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/licq-0.61-7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/licq-0.61-7cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/licq-0.61-7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/licq-0.75.2-10cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/licq-0.75.2-10cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/licq-1.0.3-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/licq-common-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/licq-devel-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/licq-plugins-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/licq-console-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/licq-qt-gui-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/licq-1.0.3-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/licq-common-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/licq-devel-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/licq-plugins-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/licq-console-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/licq-qt-gui-1.0.3-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/licq-0.75.2-10cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/licq-0.75.2-10cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/licq-0.75.2-10cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/licq-0.75.2-10cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to
perform upgrades of RPM packages:
– add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not
there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br
6.0/conectiva updates
(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not
running CL6.0)
- run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade
examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
All packages are signed with Conectiva’s GPG key. The key and
instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can
be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed
at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en