BID:11777

EnergyMech IRC Bot Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Info

EnergyMech IRC Bot Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	11777
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote:	Unknown
Local:	Unknown
Published:	Nov 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit:	The individual responsible for the discovery of this issue is currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable:	EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.9.4 (devel) EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.5.1 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.5 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.4 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.3 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.2 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.1 EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8

Not Vulnerable:	EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.99.79

Discussion

EnergyMech IRC Bot Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

An unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability affects EnergyMech. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate the length of user-supplied strings prior to copying them into finite process buffers.

Although the impact of this issue is currently unknown, it is likely that an attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that activated the vulnerable application. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

EnergyMech IRC Bot Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

EnergyMech IRC Bot Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.

EnergyMech IRC Bot 2.8.5.1