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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2618-1 (ircd-hybrid - denial of service)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Bob Nomnomnom reported a Denial of Service vulnerability in IRCD-Hybrid, an Internet Relay Chat server. A remote attacker may use an error in the masks validation and crash the server.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ircd-hybrid on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-6.2+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-10. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-10. We recommend that you upgrade your ircd-hybrid packages.