[ MDVSA-2009:126 ] eggdrop

[dude67]

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Package : eggdrop
Date : June 1, 2009
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

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).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-1789
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