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Gentoo update for irssi
Secunia Advisory: SA36652
Release Date: 2009-09-14
Popularity: 270 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux

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

The weakness is caused due to a error in the processing of WALLOPS messages, which can be exploited to cause a crash.

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