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ngircd -- format string vulnerability

Affected packages
		ngircd	<	0.8.3

Details

VuXML ID	bc4a7efa-7d9a-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82
Discovery	2005-02-03
Entry	2005-02-13

A No System Group security advisory reports that ngircd is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability in the Log_Resolver() function of log.c, if IDENT support is enabled. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the ngircd daemon, which is root by default.

Note: By default the FreeBSD ngircd port does not enable IDENT support.

References

Bugtraq ID	12434
CVE Name	CVE-2005-0226
Message	20050203020909.21785.qmail@www.securityfocus.com