Gentoo: 201512-13 Moderate: InspIRCd Remote Code Execution Threat
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December 30, 2015
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in InspIRCd, the worst allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in InspIRCd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-2.0.20"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6697 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6697 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-6674 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6674 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-8702 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8702
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13
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Concerns
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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: InspIRCd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 30, 2015
Bugs: #545034, #570244
ID: 201512-13
Topics Covered
Background
InspIRCd is a modular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server written in C++
which was created from scratch to be stable, modern and lightweight.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/inspircd < 2.0.20 >= 2.0.20
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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