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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200805-08">
+ <title>InspIRCd: Denial of Service</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow in InspIRCd allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">inspircd</product>
+ <announced>May 09, 2008</announced>
+ <revised>May 09, 2008: 01</revised>
+ <bug>215704</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-irc/inspircd" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.1.19</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.19</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ InspIRCd (Inspire IRCd) is a modular C++ IRC daemon.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The "namesx" and "uhnames" modules do not properly validate network
+ input, leading to a buffer overflow.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker can send specially crafted IRC commands to the
+ server, causing a Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ Unload the "uhnames" module in the InspIRCd configuration.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-irc/inspircd-1.1.19&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1925">CVE-2008-1925</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 14:50:35 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:15 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:22 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>