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Denial of Service in IRC |
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200712-12 |
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Gentoo |
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Keine Angabe |
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Do, 13. Dezember 2007, 23:42 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6122 |
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IRC Services |
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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 ========
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services.
Background ==========
IRC Services is a system of services to be used with Internet Relay Chat networks.
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/ircservices < 5.0.63 >= 5.0.63
Description ===========
loverboy reported that the "default_encrypt()" function in file encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.
Impact ======
A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ==========
All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63"
References ==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6122 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6122
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-12.xml
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 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License =======
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.
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