USN-7405-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7142)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-04-02 05:04 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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Summary
inspircd vulnerabilities
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It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certificate fingerprints, which could lead to spoofing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7142)

It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-20917)

It was discovered that InspIRCd did not correctly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a use-after-free. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25269)

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  "id": "USN-7405-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:45Z",
  "published": "2025-04-02T05:04:12Z",
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