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title: "CVE-2007-3360\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-3360

Publication date 22 June 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

hook.c in BitchX 1.1-final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary
commands by sending a client certain data containing NICK and EXEC strings,
which exceeds the bounds of a hash table, and injects an EXEC hook function
that receives and executes shell commands.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3360?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ircii-pana | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1:1.1-4ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1:1.1-4ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1:1.1-4ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

debdiff in LP

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3360)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3360)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-3360)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3360)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ircii-pana/+bug/129771>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3360>