WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:1448

Info

WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1448
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 10 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 10 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to BugTraq by "Ussr Labs" <[email protected]> on July 10, 2000.
Vulnerable: WircSrv IRC Server 5.0.7 s
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

WircSrv, an IRC Server for Windows, is vulnerable to a Denial of Service when around 65,000 characters are sent to the port it is configured to reside on, 6667 by default.

Exploit / POC

WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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].

Solution / Fix

WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]. The software is no longer maintained.

References

WircSrv IRC Server Character Flood Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report