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Fedora 34 FEDORA-2022-47da296f2b Critical: UnrealIRCd Crash Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey March 29, 2022
Dist Fedora Esm H88
UnrealIRCd 5.2.4 focuses on enhancing performance by applying essential patches that enhance server reliability and address issues leading to user-initiated failures.
# UnrealIRCd 5.2.4 This release fixes a crash bug that can be triggered by ordinary users

Summary

UnrealIRCd is an Open Source IRC server based on the branch of IRCu called

Dreamforge, formerly used by the DALnet IRC network. Since the beginning of

development on UnrealIRCd in May of 1999, it has become a highly advanced

IRCd with a strong focus on modularity, an advanced and highly configurable

configuration file. Key features include SSL/TLS, cloaking, advanced anti-flood and anti-spam systems, swear filtering and module support.

# UnrealIRCd 5.2.4 This release fixes a crash bug that can be triggered by

ordinary users. ## Fixes * Fix crash that can be triggered by regular users

if you have any `deny dcc` blocks in the config or any spamfilters with the `d`

(DCC) target. ## Also important * [UnrealIRCd

6]('s_new_in_UnrealIRCd_6) is the new

"stable" (available for Fedora 35 and later) * UnrealIRCd 5.2.x ("oldstable")

receives upstream bug fixes only until July 1, 2022 (no more feature

enhancements)

* Mon Mar 21 2022 Robert Scheck 5.2.4-1

- Upgrade to 5.2.4

[ 1 ] Bug #2048669 - unrealircd: Denial of service when a certain command is sent

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048669

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-47da296f2b' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 34
Version: 5.2.4
Release: 1.fc34
Summary: Open Source IRC server

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