Debian Security Advisory
irc -- allows remote to send arbitrary characters to local terminal
- Date Reported:
- 08 May 1998
- Affected Packages:
- irc
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- No other external database security references currently available.
- More information:
- irc potentially permits remote sending of characters to local terminal. David Holland has reported that a remote IRC II user may send arbitrary characters - ANSI codes - to a users terminal.
- Fixed in:
- Intel - (in release 1.3) 2.9.3roof-2 All - (in release 2.0) 4.4-2