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ngIRCd "PART" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28425
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Release Date:
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2008-01-16
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ngIRCd 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0285 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ngIRCd, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of "PART" commands and can be exploited to crash an affected server via a specially crafted "PART" command.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.10.4 and 0.11.0-pre2.
Solution:
Update to version 0.10.4 or 0.11.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog
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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. ngIRCd "JOIN" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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2. ngIRCd "Log_Resolver()" Format String Vulnerability
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3. ngIRCd "Lists_MakeMask()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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