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Debian Stretch: DSA-4252-1 Critical: ZNC Privilege Escalation & DoS

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2018
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TechSec One surfaced several vulnerabilities within the RXY IRC bouncer, which could be exploited for privilege escalation and denial of service; immediate patches advised.
Jeriko One discovered two vulnerabilities in the ZNC IRC bouncer which could result in privilege escalation or denial of service
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Summary

Jeriko One discovered two vulnerabilities in the ZNC IRC bouncer which
could result in privilege escalation or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.5-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your znc packages.

For the detailed security status of znc please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/znc

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: znc
CVE ID: CVE-2018-14055 CVE-2018-14056

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