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patches for easier mirroring, to eliminate a special copy, to make www.freebsd.org/security a full copy of security.freebsd.org and be eventually be the same. For now files are just sitting there. The symlinks are missing. Discussed on: www (repository location) Discussed with: simon (so)
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FreeBSD-SA-01:14 Security Advisory
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FreeBSD, Inc.
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Topic: micq remote buffer overflow vulnerability
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Category: ports
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Module: micq
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Announced: 2001-01-29
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Credits: recidjvo@pkcrew.org
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Affects: Ports collection prior to the correction date.
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Corrected: 2001-01-24
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Vendor status: Updated version released
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FreeBSD only: NO
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I. Background
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micq is a text-based ICQ client.
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II. Problem Description
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The micq port, versions prior to 0.4.6.1, contains a remote
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vulnerability: due to a buffer overflow, a malicious remote user
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sending specially-crafted packets may be able to execute arbitrary
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code on the local system with the privileges of the micq process. To
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accomplish this, the attacker must be able to sniff the packets
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between the micq client and ICQ server in order to gain the session
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key to cause the client to accept the malicious packets.
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The micq port is not installed by default, nor is it "part of FreeBSD"
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as such: it is part of the FreeBSD ports collection, which contains
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over 4500 third-party applications in a ready-to-install format. The
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ports collections shipped with FreeBSD 3.5.1 and 4.2 contain this
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problem since it was discovered after the releases.
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FreeBSD makes no claim about the security of these third-party
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applications, although an effort is underway to provide a security
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audit of the most security-critical ports.
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III. Impact
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Malicious remote users may cause arbitrary code to be executed
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with the privileges of the micq process.
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If you have not chosen to install the micq port/package, then
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your system is not vulnerable to this problem.
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IV. Workaround
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Deinstall the micq port/package, if you have installed it.
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V. Solution
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One of the following:
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1) Upgrade your entire ports collection and rebuild the micq port.
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2) Deinstall the old package and install a new package dated after the
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correction date, obtained from:
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[i386]
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/net/micq-0.4.6.1.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/net/micq-0.4.6.1.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/net/micq-0.4.6.1.tgz
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[alpha]
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Packages are not automatically generated for the alpha architecture at
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this time due to lack of build resources.
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3) download a new port skeleton for the micq port from:
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http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
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and use it to rebuild the port.
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4) Use the portcheckout utility to automate option (3) above. The
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portcheckout port is available in /usr/ports/devel/portcheckout or the
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package can be obtained from:
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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