Vulnerability in solanum-ircd solanum

[ Description ]Official description

Solanum before commit 2ea1382 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in ms_kill() that allows malicious linked servers to corrupt memory by sending an overlong kill reason. Attackers controlling a rogue or compromised peer server can send a reason exceeding KILLLEN that overflows a static 512-byte buffer, crashing the ircd or potentially achieving remote code execution.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum
• github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/blob/7bc7e34c04711247b932666e19ae900cba884540/modules/c…
• github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/commit/2ea1382e4262b212a91034258c466f0f6754cd61
• github.com/solanum-ircd/solanum/pull/550
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solanum-before-commit-2ea1382-buffer-overflow-via-server-t…