It was found that few of IRCnet's ircd's with +topic module can be rebooted remotely. This has already been abused in the ircnet community, and ircd has been patched, however some ircnet servers are still vulnerable.
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IRCnet 2.0.x IRCD Reboot Bug
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It was found some time ago that few of IRCnet's ircd's
with +topic module can be rebooted by simply
doing /quote TOPIC !etC (or-whatever !channel)
This has been already mass-abused by 'EvIL MiRkhAx0rZ'
and servers have been patched now... so time for it to go public
<sller-`> Vuln servers at last check : u-net.com, telecom.irc.at, some .fr and
some .gr !!
<0p3rs3rv> today ? [12/December/1999] you sure ?
<sller-`> yes !
<0p3rs3rv> they already patched lamer like a month ago all of those
<sller-`> well it workz for me - I sweAR !!
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Have fun kiddiez !
0p3rs3rv @ etC! @ IRCnet