[aur-general] [arch-general] unrealircd 3.2.8.1-2 contains backdoor

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 13.06.2010 00:57, schrieb Alexander Duscheleit:
> Hi folks,
> 
> the unrealircd version in community (3.2.8.1-2) has been flagged as
> containing a backdoor which allows an attacker to execute commands with
> the privileges of the user running the daemon.
> 
> The md5sum in the PKGBUILD (abs) matches the known-bad md5sum from this
> announcement:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4C134F7E.202%40vulnscan.org
> 
> I've already filed a bug as FS#19780 to the community project, but
> given the severity I thought it would be wise to alert a wider audience.

Maybe you should post to the right list then.

> Greetings,
> 	Jinks
> 


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