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Unscored USN-7405-1 3 CVEs

inspircd vulnerabilities

Published Apr 2, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certificate
fingerprints, which could lead to spoofing. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7142)

It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certain memory
operations, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-20917)

It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certain memory
operations, which could lead to a use-after-free. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25269)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS inspircd 2.0.20-5ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS inspircd 2.0.24-1ubuntu1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS inspircd 3.4.0-2ubuntu1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7142
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20917
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25269