Description
ngIRCd 0.10.x before 0.10.4 and 0.11.0 before 0.11.0-pre2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted IRC PART message, which triggers an invalid dereference.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ngircd | 0.10.3-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | ngircd | 0.10.3-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | ngircd | 0.10.3-2 | — |
References
- http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog
- 28673 third-party-advisory
- 28425 third-party-advisory
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/ngircd/src/ngircd/irc-channel.c?r1=1.40&r2=1.41&diff_format=h
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204834
- 27318 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200801-13 vendor-advisory