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[OpenPKG-SA-2007.017] OpenPKG Security Advisory (ratbox)



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Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2007.017
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2007.017
Advisory Published:      2007-05-18 09:09 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20070518.03
Issue First Created:     2007-05-18
Issue Last Modified:     2007-05-18
Issue Revision:          02
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Subject Name:            ratbox
Subject Summary:         IRC Daemon
Subject Home:            http://www.ircd-ratbox.org/
Subject Versions:        * <= 2.2.5

Vulnerability Id:        none
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           denial of service

Description:
    A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the Ratbox IRC
    Daemon [0], versions up to and including 2.2.5. Too many pending
    connections to the server from a single unknown client could result
    in a resource starvation.

References:
    [0] http://www.ircd-ratbox.org/
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Primary Package Name:    ratbox
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/ratbox

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise       E1.0-SOLID        ratbox-2.2.3-E1.0.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ratbox-2.2.6-20070515
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