Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0321 - Unspecified vulnerability in Colten Edwards Bitchx
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN colten-edwards
nessus
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in BitchX IRC client 1.0-0c19 and earlier allow remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long hostnames, nicknames, or channel names, which are not properly handled by the functions (1) send_ctcp, (2) cannot_join_channel, (3) cluster, (4) BX_compress_modes, (5) handle_oper_vision, and (6) ban_it.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family | Debian Local Security Checks |
NASL id | DEBIAN_DSA-306.NASL |
description | Timo Sirainen discovered several problems in BitchX, a popular client for Internet Relay Chat (IRC). A malicious server could craft special reply strings, triggering the client to write beyond buffer boundaries or allocate a negative amount of memory. This could lead to a denial of service if the client only crashes, but may also lead to executing of arbitrary code under the user id of the chatting user. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 15143 |
published | 2004-09-29 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15143 |
title | Debian DSA-306-1 : ircii-pana - buffer overflows, integer overflow |
code |
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References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000655
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000655
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104852615211913&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104852615211913&w=2
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii-pana/ircii-pana_1.0-0c16-2.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/ircii-pana/ircii-pana_1.0-0c16-2.1.diff.gz
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7097
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7100
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7100