Debian Security Advisory DSA 2618-1 (ircd-hybrid - denial of service)

Summary
Bob Nomnomnom reported a Denial of Service vulnerability in IRCD-Hybrid, an Internet Relay Chat server. A remote attacker may use an error in the masks validation and crash the server.
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-6.2+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-10. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-10. We recommend that you upgrade your ircd-hybrid packages.
Insight
ircd-hybrid is a stable, high-performance IRC server that features:
Affected
ircd-hybrid on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
References