Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1925: InspIRCd: Denial of service
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
04/24/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
05/28/2021
Description
Buffer overflow in InspIRCd before 1.1.18, when using the namesx and uhnames modules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large number of channel users with crafted nicknames, idents, and long hostnames.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-irc-inspircd
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