J-Security Center

Title: IrcII "Epic" Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

There is a vulnerability in IrcII Epic, which ships with Debian Linux, in versions of epic between pre1.034 (including) and version pre2.004-19990718 (excluding). Epic is vulnerable to a denial of service attack that can result in the client crashing and possibly displaying arbitrary text to the screen.

Affected Products:

  • Debian Linux 2.1.0
  • Debian Linux 2.2.0pre potato

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