CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:17799

Info

CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 17799
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-2148
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 02 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 01 2006 07:59PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
CGI:IRC CGI:IRC 0.5.7
CGI:IRC CGI:IRC 0.5.4
Not Vulnerable: CGI:IRC CGI:IRC 0.5.8

Discussion

CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

CGI:IRC is susceptible to multiple remote vulnerabilities.

A buffer-overflow vulnerability and denial-of-service vulnerability affect CGI:IRC, and potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code and to crash the affected application.

Version 0.5.7 is vulnerable to these issues; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

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

Solution / Fix

CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.5.8 to address this issue; please see the reference section for further details.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information on obtaining and applying fixes.


CGI:IRC CGI:IRC 0.5.4

References

CGI:IRC Client.C Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

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