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Gentoo: GLSA-200805-08 Normal: InspIRCd Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2008
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InspIRCd running on Gentoo Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, enabling potential remote Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. It's advised to perform an upgrade.
A buffer overflow in InspIRCd allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: InspIRCd: Denial of Service Date: May 09, 2008 Bugs: #215704 ID: 200805-08

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow in InspIRCd allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.
Background ========= InspIRCd (Inspire IRCd) is a modular C++ IRC daemon.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/inspircd < 1.1.19 >= 1.1.19
========== The "namesx" and "uhnames" modules do not properly validate network input, leading to a buffer overflow.
Impact ===== A remote attacker can send specially crafted IRC commands to the server, causing a Denial of Service.
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