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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201908-15">
+ <title>ZNC: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in ZNC allows users to escalate privileges.</synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">znc</product>
+ <announced>2019-08-15</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2019-08-15</revised>
+ <bug>688152</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-irc/znc" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.7.4_rc1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.4_rc1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that ZNC’s “Modules.cpp” allows remote
+ authenticated non-admin users to escalate privileges.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote authenticated attacker could escalate privileges and
+ subsequently execute arbitrary code or conduct a Denial of Service
+ attack.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-irc/znc-1.7.4_rc1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12816">CVE-2019-12816</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-08-11T22:44:54Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-08-15T15:56:13Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>