It was discovered that a bug in the server capability negotiation code of ircd-ratbox could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.6.dfsg-2+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7.dfsg-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7.dfsg-3. We recommend that you upgrade your ircd-ratbox packages.

ircd-ratbox is a full featured ircd. It is the primary ircd used on EFNet, combining the stability of an ircd required for a large production network together with a rich set of features making it suitable for use on smaller networks.

ircd-ratbox on Debian Linux

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25