GLSA 201405-21: Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of Service
Date:	05/18/2014
Bugs:	#449544, #449790
ID:	201405-21

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Charybdis and ShadowIRCd, possibly resulting in remote Denial of Service.

Background

Charybdis is the Atheme Project’s IRC daemon based on ratbox. ShadowIRCd is an IRC daemon based on Charybdis that adds several useful features.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-irc/charybdis	< 3.4.2	>= 3.4.2	All supported architectures
net-irc/shadowircd	< 6.3.3	>= 6.3.3	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Charybdis and ShadowIRCd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Charybdis users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/charybdis-3.4.2"

All ShadowIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/shadowircd-6.3.3"

References

CVE-2012-6084

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-21.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.