CenterICQ: Multiple vulnerabilities

CenterICQ: Multiple vulnerabilities CenterICQ is vulnerable to a Denial of Service issue, and also potentially to the execution of arbitrary code through an included vulnerable ktools library. CenterICQ December 20, 2005 December 20, 2005: 01 100519 114038 remote 4.21.0-r2 4.21.0-r2

CenterICQ is a text-based instant messaging interface that supports multiple protocols. It includes the ktools library, which provides text-mode user interface controls.

Gentoo developer Wernfried Haas discovered that when the "Enable peer-to-peer communications" option is enabled, CenterICQ opens a port that insufficiently validates whatever is sent to it. Furthermore, Zone-H Research reported a buffer overflow in the ktools library.

A remote attacker could cause a crash of CenterICQ by sending packets to the peer-to-peer communications port, and potentially cause the execution of arbitrary code by enticing a CenterICQ user to edit overly long contact details.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All CenterICQ users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/centericq-4.21.0-r2"

CVE-2005-3694 CVE-2005-3863 Zone-H Research ZRCSA 200503 koon koon koon