centericq - denial of service

Wernfried Haas discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol
instant messenger client, can crash when it receives certain zero
length packets and is directly connected to the Internet.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.5.1-1.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.20.0-1sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.21.0-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package.