Re: kgb-bot can be crashed by some network traffic

[cve-assign () mitre org]

> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776424
>
> Source: kgb-bot
> Version: 1.33-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: security
>
> 2015.01.19 18:08:39: Listening on http://0.0.0.0:9999?session=KGB
> 2015.01.19 18:08:43: Connected to freenode (holmes.freenode.net)
> 2015.01.19 18:08:43: Joining #commits...
> 2015.01.19 18:08:43: Connected to oftc (graviton.oftc.net)
> 2015.01.19 18:08:43: Joining #ikiwiki #vcs-home #git-annex...
> Did not get DONE/CLOSE event for Wheel ID 73 from IP 222.186.34.155 at
> /usr/share/perl5/POE/Component/Server/SimpleHTTP.pm line 221.
> I had a problem posting to event Got_Request of session SOAPServer for
> DIR handler '.*'. As reported by Kernel: 'No such file or directory',
> perhaps the session name is spelled incorrectly for this handler? at
> /usr/share/perl5/POE/Session.pm line 483.
>
> This has happened to me twice now, and it takes the bot down.
>
> not sure how exploitable this is though.
>
> --
> Kurt Seifried -- Red Hat -- Product Security -- Cloud
> PGP A90B F995 7350 148F 66BF 7554 160D 4553 5E26 7993

Use CVE-2015-1554.

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