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Gentoo: GLSA-202308-10 Moderate: InspIRCd Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
InspIRCd security advisory for Gentoo Linux surfaces. Recommended update for risk reduction. Discover further details!
An information disclosure vulnerability in InspIRCd may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Summary

InspIRCd incorrectly handled malformed PONG messages, resulting in access of freed memory.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-3.10.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-33586 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33586

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-22
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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: Low
Title: InspIRCd: Information disclosure
Date: July 09, 2021
Bugs: #791589
ID: 202107-22

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

An information disclosure vulnerability in InspIRCd may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/inspircd < 3.10.0 >= 3.10.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send crafted packets to the server, possibly allowing them to obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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