FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:9744

Info

FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9744
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0329
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 25 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 03:06AM
Credit: Disclosure of this issue is credited to "Donato Ferrante" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: FreeChat FreeChat 1.1.1 a
FreeChat FreeChat 0.1.1 a
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that FreeChat is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The issue surrounds the servers inability to handle unexpected strings.

Successful exploitation of this issue would cause the affected server to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue. The following proof of concept has been provided:

To test the vulnerability simply connect to the server (using a telnet or similar client) and send it the following string:

"aaaaa"

Solution / Fix

FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service 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]>.

References

FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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