Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of service

Charybdis, ShadowIRCd: Denial of service A vulnerability has been found in Charybdis and ShadowIRCd, possibly resulting in remote Denial of Service. shadowircd 2014-05-18 2014-05-18 449544 449790 remote 3.4.2 3.4.2 6.3.3 6.3.3

Charybdis is the Atheme Project’s IRC daemon based on ratbox. ShadowIRCd is an IRC daemon based on Charybdis that adds several useful features.

A vulnerability has been discovered in Charybdis and ShadowIRCd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Charybdis users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/charybdis-3.4.2"

All ShadowIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/shadowircd-6.3.3"

CVE-2012-6084 underling ackle