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IgnitionServer Irc operator privilege escalation vulnerability

Family:

Misc.

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

Summary:

checks the version of the remote ircd

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

9783

Xrefs:

OSVDB:4121

Description:

The remote host is running a version of the IgnitionServer IRC
service which may be vulnerable to a flaw that let remote attacker
to gain elevated privileges on the system.

A remote attacker, who is an operator, can supply an unofficial command
to the server to obtain elevated privileges and become a global IRC operator.

Solution : Upgrade to IgnitionServer 0.2.1-BRC1 or newer
Risk factor : High