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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-409-1 January 15, 2007 kdenetwork vulnerability CVE-2006-6811 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: ksirc 4:3.4.3-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: ksirc 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu6.3 Ubuntu 6.10: ksirc 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in ksirc. By sending a special response packet, a malicious IRC server could crash ksirc.