Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-1020 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in irssi
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The format_send_to_gui function in formats.c for irssi before 0.8.9 allows remote IRC users to cause a denial of service (crash).
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 5 | |
| OS | 4 |
Nessus
| NASL family | Mandriva Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2003-117.NASL |
| description | A vulnerability in versions of irssi prior to 0.8.9 would allow a remote user to crash another user |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 14099 |
| published | 2004-07-31 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14099 |
| title | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : irssi (MDKSA-2003:117) |