USN-6761-1: Anope vulnerability

Publication date

30 April 2024

Overview

Anope could be made to bypass authentication checks for suspended accounts.


Packages

  • anope - an open source set of IRC Services

Details

It was discovered that Anope did not properly process credentials for
suspended accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to normally
login to the platform as a suspended user after changing their password.

It was discovered that Anope did not properly process credentials for
suspended accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to normally
login to the platform as a suspended user after changing their password.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble anope –  2.0.12-1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic anope –  2.0.12-1ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 jammy anope –  2.0.9-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal anope –  2.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic anope –  2.0.4-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial anope –  2.0.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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