GLSA 202107-22: InspIRCd: Information disclosure
Severity: | low |
Title: | InspIRCd: Information disclosure |
Date: | 07/09/2021 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202107-22 |
Synopsis
An information disclosure vulnerability in InspIRCd may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.Background
InspIRCd is a modular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server written in C++ which was created from scratch to be stable, modern and lightweight.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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net-irc/inspircd | < 3.10.0 | >= 3.10.0 | All supported architectures |
Description
InspIRCd incorrectly handled malformed PONG messages, resulting in access of freed memory.
Impact
A remote attacker could send crafted packets to the server, possibly allowing them to obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-3.10.0"
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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