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FreeBSD Ports: ircd-ratbox
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox-devel CVE-2009-4016 Integer underflow in the clean_string function in irc_string.c in (1) IRCD-hybrid 7.2.2 and 7.2.3, (2) ircd-ratbox before 2.2.9, and (3) oftc-hybrid before 1.6.8, when flatten_links is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a LINKS command. CVE-2010-0300 cache.c in ircd-ratbox before 2.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a HELP command.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1980 http://lists.ratbox.org/pipermail/ircd-ratbox/2010-January/000890.html http://lists.ratbox.org/pipermail/ircd-ratbox/2010-January/000891.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/192609c8-0c51-11df-82a0-00248c9b4be7.html