Secunia Security Advisory - 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).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for inspircd
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30163
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30163/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
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/
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