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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1448-1 (eggdrop)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to eggdrop announced via advisory DSA 1448-1.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.17-3sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.18-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your eggdrop package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201448-1

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