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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201512-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: InspIRCd: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 30, 2015
     Bugs: #545034, #570244
       ID: 201512-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in InspIRCd, the worst
allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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InspIRCd is a modular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server written in C++
which was created from scratch to be stable, modern and lightweight.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-irc/inspircd             < 2.0.20                  >= 2.0.20

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in InspIRCd. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-2.0.20"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6697
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6697
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-6674
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6674
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-8702
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8702

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5