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eggdrop: remote denial of service

Package(s):eggdrop CVE #(s):CVE-2009-1789
Created:June 2, 2009 Updated:December 8, 2009
Description: From the Mandriva advisory: 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.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:126-1 2009-12-08
Debian DSA-1826-1 2009-07-04
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:126 2009-06-01
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