UnrealIRCd: Denial of service — GLSA 202608-25

A vulnerability has been discovered in UnrealIRCd, possibly allowing denial of service.

Affected packages

net-irc/unrealircd on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.0.2
Unaffected versions >= 6.0.2

Background

UnrealIRCd is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon.

Description

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

Impact

An attacker may be able to achieve denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All UnrealIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/unrealircd-6.0.2"
 

References

Release date
August 26, 2026

Latest revision
August 26, 2026: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
remote

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