InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution

InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution A heap-based buffer overflow in InspIRCd may allow execution of arbitrary code. InspIRCd 2012-04-10 2012-04-10 409159 remote 2.0.5-r1 2.0.5-r1

InspIRCd (Inspire IRCd) is a modular C++ IRC daemon

A vulnerability in InspIRCd allows DNS compression features to control the number of overflowed bytes sent to the heap-based buffer "res[]" in dns.cpp.

A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS responses, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/inspircd-2.0.5-r1"

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