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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for inspircd (DLA-2375-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'inspircd' package(s) announced via the DLA-2375-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Two security issues were discovered in the modules of the InspIRCd IRC daemon, which could result in denial of service. CVE-2019-20917 mysql module before v3.3.0 contains a null pointer dereference when built against mariadb-connector-c. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules this vulnerability can be used to remotely crash an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server. CVE-2020-25269 The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules this vulnerability can be used to remotely crash an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'inspircd' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.23-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your inspircd packages.

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