GLSA 200606-26: EnergyMech: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | EnergyMech: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 06/26/2006 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200606-26 |
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in EnergyMech that is easily exploitable via IRC.Background
EnergyMech is an IRC bot programmed in C.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-irc/emech | < 3.0.2 | >= 3.0.2 | All supported architectures |
Description
A bug in EnergyMech fails to handle empty CTCP NOTICEs correctly, and will cause a crash from a segmentation fault.
Impact
By sending an empty CTCP NOTICE, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All EnergyMech users should update to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/emech-3.0.2"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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