1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200712-12 / ircservices |
| Release Date | December 13, 2007 |
| Latest Revision | December 13, 2007: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-irc/ircservices | < 5.0.63 | >= 5.0.63 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #199897
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services.
IRC Services is a system of services to be used with Internet Relay Chat networks.
loverboy reported that the "default_encrypt()" function in file encrypt.c does not properly handle overly long passwords.
A remote attacker could provide an overly long password to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All IRC Services users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/ircservices-5.0.63" |