RHSA-2004:177: An updated X-Chat package fixes vulnerability in Socks-5 proxy
Description
An updated X-Chat package fixes a vulnerability which could be exploited by a malicious Socks-5 proxy is now available.
X-Chat is a graphical IRC chat client for the X Window System. A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the X-Chat's Socks-5 proxy code. An attacker could create a malicious Socks-5 proxy server in such a way that X-Chat would execute arbitrary code if a victim configured X-Chat to use the proxy. Users of X-Chat should upgrade to this updated package which contains a backported security patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.
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