ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:40982

Info

ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 40982
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2010-2448
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:16PM
Credit: Suschman
Vulnerable: ZNC ZNC 0.090
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

ZNC is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a NULL-pointer dereference.

An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions. Given the nature of this issue, the attacker may also be able to run arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed.

The issue affects ZNC 0.090; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Debian Linux 5.0 amd64

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 5.0 hppa

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 5.0 s/390

Debian Linux 5.0 arm

Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

References

ZNC NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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