CVE-2012-6084

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6084
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-01 15:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionmodules/m_capab.c in (1) ircd-ratbox before 3.0.8 and (2) Charybdis before 3.4.2 does not properly support capability negotiation during server handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request.

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: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.0 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.1.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.1.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.2.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.2.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.2.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.3.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.3.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.4 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.4 rc1 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.4 rc2 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.5 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.5.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.5.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 1.5.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.10 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.11 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.4 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.5 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.6 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.7 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.8 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.0.9 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.4 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.5 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.6 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.7 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.1.8 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 rc3 All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.2 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.3 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.4 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.5 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.6 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.7 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.7.1 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.8 All All All
Application Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox 2.2.9 All All All
Application Ratbox Ircd-ratbox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2612-1 ircd-ratbox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: Charybdis: Improper assumptions in the server handshake code may lead to a remote crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
github.com/atheme/charybdis/commit/ac0707aa61d9c20e9b09062294701567c9f41... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rabbit.dereferenced.org
www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ratbox.org Patch
www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.stack.nl Patch
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