Summary
The remote host is missing an update to eggdrop
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:126.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:126
Insight
mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807 (CVE-2009-1789).
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2807, CVE-2009-1789 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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