CVE-2006-6811
published 2006-12-29CVE-2006-6811: KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server…
PriorityP432medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
9.99%
95.0th percentile
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| kde | ksirc | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
ksirc vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2007-01-16
CVE-2006-6811 ksirc vulnerability
Title: ksirc vulnerability
Summary: ksirc vulnerability
Federico L. Bossi Bonin discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability
in ksirc. By sending a special response packet, a malicious IRC server
could crash ksirc.
Instructions: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
CVE-2006-6811: KsIRC 1
vendor_redhat·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2006-6811 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-6811: KsIRC 1
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
Statement: We do not consider a crash of a client application such as KsIRC to be a security issue.
GHSA
GHSA-rvgj-fpwg-2m28: KsIRC 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2006-6811 [MEDIUM] CWE-617 GHSA-rvgj-fpwg-2m28: KsIRC 1
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
No detection rules found.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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2006-12-29
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