Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0334 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in BitchX Mode Change

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
colten-edwards
nessus

Summary

BitchX IRC client 1.0c20cvs and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) via certain channel mode changes that are not properly handled in names.c.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Colten_Edwards
1

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2003-069.NASL
descriptionA Denial Of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in BitchX that would allow a remote attacker to crash BitchX by changing certain channel modes. This vulnerability has been fixed in CVS and patched in the released updates.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id14052
published2004-07-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14052
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2003:069)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:069. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(14052);
  script_version ("1.19");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0334");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2003:069");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : BitchX (MDKSA-2003:069)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A Denial Of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in BitchX that
would allow a remote attacker to crash BitchX by changing certain
channel modes. This vulnerability has been fixed in CVS and patched in
the released updates."
  );
  # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104766521328322&w=2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/321093"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected BitchX package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:BitchX");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"BitchX-1.0-0.c19.3.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"BitchX-1.0-0.c19.4.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");