Trillian IRC Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	5373
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 31 2002 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 31 2002 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovered John C. Hennessy <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.6351 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.725 Cerulean Studios Trillian 0.73
Not Vulnerable:

Trillian IRC Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow condition has been reported in the Trillian IRC module. The condition is due to insecure handling of data extracted from server responses. An attacker in control of a malicious server may exploit vulnerable clients who have connected.

Trillian IRC Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

An exploit written by John C. Hennessy is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/sicillian.pl

Trillian IRC Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Trillian IRC Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• Trillian Homepage (Cerulean Studios)