Gentoo update for inspircd
Secunia Advisory: SA30163
Release Date: 2008-05-12
Popularity: 1,365 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

Subscribe: Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1925


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for inspircd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA29610

Solution:
Update to "net-irc/inspircd-1.1.19" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-08.xml

Other References:
SA29610:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29610/


Track this Secunia Advisory
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.

Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.

About this Secunia Advisory
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
  
Latest Advisories

Send Feedback to Secunia
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.

Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback are most welcome.

Most Popular - 3 Hours

1. Subdreamer Light Global Variables SQL Injection Vulnerability // 61 views
2. Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 41 views
3. Opera Multiple Vulnerabilities // 17 views
4. Sun Java System Web Proxy Server SOCKS Module Buffer Overflows // 17 views
5. VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities // 17 views
6. Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Vulnerability // 16 views
7. Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities // 16 views
8. Netgear WN802T Wireless Access Point Two Vulnerabilities // 15 views
9. Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities // 15 views
10. Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities // 11 views