Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25269
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the inspircd package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in InspIRCd 2 before 2.0.29 and 3 before 3.6.0. The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules, this vulnerability can be used for remote crashing of an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | inspircd | 3.8.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269 |
| Debian:13 | inspircd | 3.8.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://docs.inspircd.org/security/2020-01/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/compare/v2.0.28...07d7dea x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/compare/426d1c8...b3f1db9 x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4764 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200920 [SECURITY] [DLA 2375-1] inspircd security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST