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IRCnet IRCD Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9999
Release Date: 2003-10-16
Last Update: 2003-10-20
Popularity: 5,792 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:IRCnet IRCD 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0864


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IRCnet IRCD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on the server.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "m_join" function.

The vulnerability affects all 2.10 versions through 2.10.3p3.

Solution:
Update to version 2.10.3p4 or later.
ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server/

Changelog:
2003-10-20: Added CVE reference.


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