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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200712-12
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: IRC Services: Denial of Service
      Date: December 13, 2007
      Bugs: #199897
        ID: 200712-12

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Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services.

Background
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IRC Services is a system of services to be used with Internet Relay
Chat networks.

Affected packages
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     Package              /  Vulnerable  /                  Unaffected
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  1  net-irc/ircservices      < 5.0.63                       >= 5.0.63

Description
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loverboy reported that the "default_encrypt()" function in file
encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.

Impact
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A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the
vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6122
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6122

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-12

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
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