rPSA-2007-0007-1 kdenetwork

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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0007-1
Published: 2007-01-15
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Informational
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect User Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    kdenetwork=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.4.2-3.3-1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6811
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922

Description:
    Previous versions of the kdenetwork package contain a ksirc program
    which can crash due to an incorrect assertion, if it talks to a
    malicious IRC server or connects to a malicious man-in-the-middle
    when talking to an IRC server.