metadata/glsa/glsa-201402-20.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-20">
  <title>KVIrc: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in KVIrc, the worst of
    which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kvirc</product>
  <announced>February 21, 2014</announced>
  <revised>February 21, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>326149</bug>
  <bug>330111</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-irc/kvirc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.1_pre4693</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.1_pre4693</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on Qt.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KVIrc. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, cause a Denial of
      Service condition, or overwrite arbitrary files.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All KVIrc users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-irc/kvirc-4.1_pre4693"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since July 29, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
      no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2451">CVE-2010-2451</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2452">CVE-2010-2452</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2785">CVE-2010-2785</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:28 +0000">craig</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:14:41 +0000">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
</glsa>