CVE-2012-6084
Description
modules/m_capab.c in (1) ircd-ratbox before 3.0.8 and (2) Charybdis before 3.4.2 does not properly support capability negotiation during server handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ircd-ratbox
oss-projectaka ratbox ircd
ratbox
oss-projectaka ircd-ratbox
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt
rabbit.dereferenced.org
https://github.com/atheme/charybdis/commit/ac0707aa61d9c20e9b09062294701567c9f41595.patch
github.com
http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2
stack.nl
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