CVE-2019-20917
inspircd - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.94%
Description
An issue was discovered in InspIRCd 2 before 2.0.28 and 3 before 3.3.0. The mysql module contains a NULL pointer dereference when built against mariadb-connector-c 3.0.5 or newer. When combined with the sqlauth or sqloper modules, this vulnerability can be used for remote crashing of an InspIRCd server by any user able to connect to a server.
How to fix CVE-2019-20917
To remediate CVE-2019-20917, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.3.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.23-2+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.27-1+deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-20917 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.3.0-1
- from 0, < 2.0.23-2+deb9u1
- from 0, < 2.0.27-1+deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |