Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200404-15 (xchat)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200404-15.
Solution
All XChat users should upgrade to the latest stable version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1' # emerge '>=net-irc/xchat-2.0.8-r1' Note that users of the gtk1 version of xchat (1.8.*) should upgrade to xchat-1.8.11-r1: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1' # emerge '=net-irc/xchat-1.8.11-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200404-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46856 http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2004-04/msg00000.html
Insight
XChat is vulnerable to a stack overflow that may allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code.