1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-409-1

USN-409-1: ksirc vulnerability

Publication date

16 January 2007

Overview

ksirc vulnerability

Releases

Details

Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability
in ksirc. By sending a special response packet, a malicious IRC server
could crash ksirc.

Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability
in ksirc. By sending a special response packet, a malicious IRC server
could crash ksirc.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
6.10 edgy ksirc –  4:3.5.5-0ubuntu1.1
6.06 dapper ksirc –  4:3.5.2-0ubuntu6.3
5.10 breezy ksirc –  4:3.4.3-0ubuntu1.1

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