debian · CVE-2009-4016

Quick triage

Priority: medium Published: Updated: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:30:09 GMT

View at Official debian advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2009-4016 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ircd-hybrid), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4.

Description:

Integer underflow in the clean_string function in irc_string.c in (1) IRCD-hybrid 7.2.2 and 7.2.3, (2) ircd-ratbox before 2.2.9, and (3) oftc-hybrid before 1.6.8, when flatten_links is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a LINKS command.

cvelogic Threat Intelligence