Mandrake security alert: Updated jabber packages fix DoS vulnerability

Posted by dave on Jan 23, 2004 1:53 PM EDT
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A vulnerability was found in the jabber program where a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the server process to crash, resulting in a DoS (Denial of Service).

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory _______________________________________________________________________

Package name: jabber Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:005 Date: January 23rd, 2004

Affected versions: 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1 ______________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was found in the jabber program where a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the server process to crash, resulting in a DoS (Denial of Service). The updated packages are patched to correct the problem. _______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0013 ______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: dd6fcc311cd0e3d4cd85aee690c4e044 corporate/2.1/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm be848cea017e6d4a2e85581c69bf3050 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: 552eb3e7a5e1107d839dd3c8d194a3c3 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm be848cea017e6d4a2e85581c69bf3050 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: 1743b4392955fde6e223b354f07c9037 9.1/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.91mdk.i586.rpm 3ce5eca2c88d4946deca57409dfec6f9 9.1/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: a97663b392429612e10085f827183b75 ppc/9.1/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm 3ce5eca2c88d4946deca57409dfec6f9 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.2: 22034522f2f28258e2125eea3a01fc8a 9.2/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 393595f0dae0c67da49e7e832ecd5870 9.2/RPMS/jabber-aim-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 848adb1a6f3220301c1b3fe576018fc6 9.2/RPMS/jabber-conference-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 4114bdfcaa8bafe68490d306b45ecc24 9.2/RPMS/jabber-icq-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 2fb815d9491dd49392f7dfbb1a23b3f9 9.2/RPMS/jabber-jud-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 2e7b1f0404c4ee42d6e6f6e428deaeb0 9.2/RPMS/jabber-msn-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 30a5623d88ef6f44df30feee5500786f 9.2/RPMS/jabber-yahoo-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 16676101a679d746e7ccff47e3a677b2 9.2/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.2/AMD64: df318ba5265d91f1899fe64fdf662d78 amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 169635f3483bdd541711c81c2ce8902d amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-aim-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm ef19c02ae0d39494246c8c25e3efa85e amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-conference-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 6a9c18119bcf58ad2dd8e6ac7005149b amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-icq-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 146bdb6cfc6833c9c5fc3d68c059a23b amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-jud-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm ada723d4cc9f04c68baaaed3694b6152 amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-msn-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 05064baaf82aec64159f3004f25f87b5 amd64/9.2/RPMS/jabber-yahoo-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 16676101a679d746e7ccff47e3a677b2 amd64/9.2/SRPMS/jabber-1.4.2a-10.1.92mdk.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

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