Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:45 -0500
From: redhat-watch-list-admin@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2000:126-03] New BitchX packages are available
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: New BitchX packages are available
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:126-03
Issue date: 2000-12-13
Updated on: 2000-12-13
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
New BitchX packages are available which fix the problem with
processing
malformed DNS answers.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 7.0 – i386, alpha
3. Problem description:
A problem exists where BitchX will process malformed DNS
answers, allowing an attacker to crash the client, or possibly
access the BitchX session remotely.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-3.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/BitchX-1.0c17-3.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-3.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-3.src.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-4.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
ee003d30c3658308bc034c559f0a5d4f 6.2/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-3.src.rpm 0c0f7c0226cd479d679fe370b81435ff 6.2/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-3.alpha.rpm 8030ff566122dcbe3f9c826ee54736f3 6.2/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-3.i386.rpm d3f6f4f172cbf54afe2af519c2efb471 6.2/sparc/BitchX-1.0c17-3.sparc.rpm f96cfc0210926861d1f9f797a91e528c 7.0/SRPMS/BitchX-1.0c17-4.src.rpm 16f31a2be5e84f99b83210aec219d24e 7.0/alpha/BitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm 157d026dded2ff8417a55ff793dbc26a 7.0/alpha/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.alpha.rpm c17d86c9b40a179fa6b069ec43c374a4 7.0/i386/BitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm 461cf25450f5b3ba1f3a7d6b76c42eaa 7.0/i386/gtkBitchX-1.0c17-4.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>
8. References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1=149471
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.