[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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