Buffer overflow in Dalnet IRC server 4.6.5 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via the SUMMON command.
source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1404/info
Dalnet ircd is a server for a popular internet chat application, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) The implementation for one of its features, the "summon" command, has a hole which could grant an attacker remote access on the host running the server (with the privs of the server) The vulnerability is a ...