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From: "Robert Buchholz (rbu)" <rbu@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200805-08.xml
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 14:32:04
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1 rbu 08/05/09 14:31:58
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3 Added: glsa-200805-08.xml
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5 GLSA 200805-08
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8 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200805-08">
21 <title>InspIRCd: Denial of Service</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 A buffer overflow in InspIRCd allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of
24 Service.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">inspircd</product>
27 <announced>May 09, 2008</announced>
28 <revised>May 09, 2008: 01</revised>
29 <bug>215704</bug>
30 <access>remote</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="net-irc/inspircd" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">1.1.19</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.19</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 InspIRCd (Inspire IRCd) is a modular C++ IRC daemon.
40 </p>
41 </background>
42 <description>
43 <p>
44 The "namesx" and "uhnames" modules do not properly validate network
45 input, leading to a buffer overflow.
46 </p>
47 </description>
48 <impact type="normal">
49 <p>
50 A remote attacker can send specially crafted IRC commands to the
51 server, causing a Denial of Service.
52 </p>
53 </impact>
54 <workaround>
55 <p>
56 Unload the "uhnames" module in the InspIRCd configuration.
57 </p>
58 </workaround>
59 <resolution>
60 <p>
61 All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
62 </p>
63 <code>
64 # emerge --sync
65 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-irc/inspircd-1.1.19&quot;</code>
66 </resolution>
67 <references>
68 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1925">CVE-2008-1925</uri>
69 </references>
70 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 14:50:35 +0000">
71 rbu
72 </metadata>
73 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:15 +0000">
74 rbu
75 </metadata>
76 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:22 +0000">
77 rbu
78 </metadata>
79 </glsa>
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