Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:43476

Info

Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 43476
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2010-3443
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 23 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:26AM
Credit: Jima
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Quassel IRC is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle 'CTCP' messages.

An attacker may exploit this issue to hang the application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Versions prior to Quassel IRC 0.6.3 and 0.7.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

References

Quassel IRC 'PRIVMSG' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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