COMMAND
irc
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
espernet irc services
PROBLEM
McClain Looney posted following. Espernet irc services below
version 3.3.5 are vulnerable to a bug in the add/remove code for
chanserv which causes a segmentation fault in the server. The
bug is not widely known or exploited, but innocent users will
likely crash any services daemon repeatedly, and at random, (hey,
if this command didn't work, lets try it again, and again, and
again...etc). The bug manifests itself after an ordered series of
add/remove commands to chanserv (author didn't want get into what
they are, but it's definitely reproducible).
SOLUTION
The latest version (3.3.6)of espernet services is at:
ftp://ftp.dragonfire.net/software/unix/irc/services