CVE-2024-39844: ZNC modtcl RCE

[Martin Weinelt <martin () linuxlounge net>]

Hi,

ZNC before 1.9.1 has a remote code execution vulnerability in its modtcl 
module, that can for example be triggered through a prepared kick message

https://wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/1.9.1


Alternatively the following patch needs to be applied to mitigate this 
vulnerability:

https://github.com/znc/znc/commit/8cbf8d628174ddf23da680f3f117dc54da0eb06e


The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Johannes Kuhn 
(DasBrain). The patch was created by glguy.


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Martin