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USN-6761-1: Anope vulnerability

30 April 2024

Anope could be made to bypass authentication checks for suspended accounts.

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Releases

Packages

  • anope - an open source set of IRC Services

Details

It was discovered that Anope did not properly process credentials for
suspended accounts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to normally
login to the platform as a suspended user after changing their password.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References