vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-7142: inspircd -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 8, 2016
Added
Apr 3, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The m_sasl module in InspIRCd before 2.0.23, when used with a service that supports SASL_EXTERNAL authentication, allows remote attackers to spoof certificate fingerprints and consequently log in as another user via a crafted SASL message.

Solution

debian-upgrade-inspircd
Title
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