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inspircd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269

An issue was discovered in InspIRCd 2 before 2.0.29 and 3 before 3.6.0. The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. 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.

Products
inspircd
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.8.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-25269
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Sept 2020, 05:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in InspIRCd 2 before 2.0.29 and 3 before 3.6.0. The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. 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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269

inspircd

Fixed versions: 3.8.0-1

inspircd

Fixed versions: 3.8.0-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in InspIRCd 2 before 2.0.29 and 3 before 3.6.0. The pgsql module contains a use after free vulnerability. 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25269",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:40.514986383Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452722,
  "published_at": "2020-09-11T05:15:12.607+00:00"
}