XChat-Ruby Plugin 'xchat-ruby.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	51993
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 03 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:05PM
Credit:	Pallai Roland
Vulnerable:	XChat XChat-Ruby Plugin 0
Not Vulnerable:

XChat-Ruby Plugin 'xchat-ruby.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

XChat-Ruby Plugin is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a NULL pointer dereference error.

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

XChat-Ruby Plugin 'xchat-ruby.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

XChat-Ruby Plugin 'xchat-ruby.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

XChat-Ruby Plugin 'xchat-ruby.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 787298 - null pointer dereference, remote DoS (Red Hat Bugzilla)
  
• XChat-Ruby Plugin Homepage (XChat)