Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xchat
#ubuntu is regularly attacked by a well known exploit via ctcp. Users with vulnerable routers can find their irc connection drop or sometimes affect the router. As well as being disruptive to the user, it disrupts the channel with the join/part messages. Only connections to irc on port 6667 can be exploited. Freenode allows connections on several other ports and we usually suggest irc.ubuntu.com/8001 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit is the page we currently show to affected users. The settings for the default connection when xchat is started up should be changed to irc.ubuntu.com/8001 ** Affects: xchat (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: xchat-gnome (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xchat #ubuntu is regularly attacked by a well known exploit via ctcp. - Users with vulnerable routers can find their irc connection drop or sometimes affect the user. As well as being disruptive to the user, it disrupts the channel with the join/part messages. + Users with vulnerable routers can find their irc connection drop or sometimes affect the router. As well as being disruptive to the user, it disrupts the channel with the join/part messages. Only connections to irc on port 6667 can be exploited. Freenode allows connections on several other ports and we usually suggest irc.ubuntu.com/8001 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit is the page we currently show to affected users. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xchat #ubuntu is regularly attacked by a well known exploit via ctcp. Users with vulnerable routers can find their irc connection drop or sometimes affect the router. As well as being disruptive to the user, it disrupts the channel with the join/part messages. Only connections to irc on port 6667 can be exploited. Freenode allows connections on several other ports and we usually suggest irc.ubuntu.com/8001 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit is the page we currently show to affected users. + + The settings for the default connection when xchat is started up should + be changed to irc.ubuntu.com/8001 -- To prevent dcc exploit, default port should be 8001 for irc.ubuntu.com https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191691 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
