USN-4044-1: ZNC vulnerability

1 July 2019

znc could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Fix vulnerability where an authenticated non-admin users could load
a module with a crafted name, then escalate privileges and run
arbitrary code.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

After a standard system update you need to restart znc to make
all the necessary changes.

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