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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-22 ] InspIRCd: Information disclosure
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 03:02:12
Message-Id: AAD0D1F5-380A-43CC-8938-A1C3E0892615@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202107-22
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: InspIRCd: Information disclosure
9 Date: July 09, 2021
10 Bugs: #791589
11 ID: 202107-22
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15 Synopsis
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18 An information disclosure vulnerability in InspIRCd may allow remote
19 attackers to obtain sensitive information.
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21 Background
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24 InspIRCd is a modular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server written in C++
25 which was created from scratch to be stable, modern and lightweight.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-irc/inspircd < 3.10.0 >= 3.10.0
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35 Description
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38 InspIRCd incorrectly handled malformed PONG messages, resulting in
39 access of freed memory.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send crafted packets to the server, possibly
45 allowing them to obtain sensitive information.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-3.10.0"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-33586
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33586
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-22
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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