Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2448-1 inspircd -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 10 Apr 2012
- Affected Packages:
- inspircd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 667914.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-1836. - More information:
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It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow in InspIRCd could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS query.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.22+dfsg-4+wheezy1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.5-0.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your inspircd packages.