Bugtraq: Re: [irc-security] Multiple vulnerabilities in ircu

[Tom Laermans <tom.laermans () powersource cx>]

Colin Alston wrote:
> Please be careful labeling something as "vulnerabilities" when they 
> aren't. You've described software bugs which should be reported to the 
> maintainer, none of them so far as I can see are vulnerabilities or 
> exploits.
>   
I can see crashbugs, operfloods, channel takeovers and ways to find out 
people's IP addresses who think they are hidden thanks to the IP hiding 
feature.
Having this malfunction certainly looks like a vulnerability to me.

Most vulnerabilities are indeed software bugs, and the exploits are 
actually documented in the post you comment on.
Tom