CVE-2007-6122

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6122
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-26 22:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe default_encrypt function in encrypt.c in IRC Services before 5.0.63, and 5.1.x before 5.1.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long password. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Irc Services Irc Services All All All All
Application Irc Services Irc Services All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IRC Services Password Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IRC Services Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[IRCServices] Services 5.0.63 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ircservices.za.net Patch
www.ircservices.za.net/Changes.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ircservices.za.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- IRC Services: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 199897 - net-irc/ircservices < 5.0.63 default_encrypt Remote DoS (CVE-2007-6122) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for ircservices - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[IRCServices] Services 5.1.7 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ircservices.za.net
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