IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:8817

Info

IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8817
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0864
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 13 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Piotr KUCHARSKI <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: IRCNet IRCNet IRCD 2.10.3 p3
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.3
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG 1.2
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
 IRCNet IRCNet IRCD 2.10
Not Vulnerable: IRCNet IRCNet IRCD 2.10.3 p4
+ OpenPKG OpenPKG Current

Discussion

IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

IRCnet IRCD has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability that may be exploited by local users. This issue may be exploited to crash the affected server. Although unconfirmed, due to the nature of this vulnerability it has been conjectured that a local attacker may also leverage this condition to potentially have arbitrary instructions executed in the context of the affected server.

Exploit / POC

IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A proof of concept exploit for this issue has been made available.

Solution / Fix

IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
OpenPKG has released an advisory (OpenPKG-SA-2003.045) that provides updates to address this issue. Detailed instructions on how to upgrade may be found in the advisory.

The vendor has released an update to address this issue.


IRCNet IRCNet IRCD 2.10

IRCNet IRCNet IRCD 2.10.3 p3

References

IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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