HydraIRC 0.3.151 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in HydraIRC 0.3.151. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in HydraIRC 0.3.151 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via format string specifiers in certain data related to failed DCC file transfer negotiation.

The bug was discovered 07/13/2007. The weakness was published 07/17/2007 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is available at portcullis-security.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3836 since 07/17/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (35409). Similar entries are available at 37871 and 43621.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portcullis-security.com
Researcher: securfrog
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3836 (🔍)
X-Force: 35409
Vulnerability Center: 19118 - HydraIRC Format String Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause a DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30523 - HydraIRC Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 38623 - HydraIRC Failed DCC File Transfer Format String

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 08/15/2019 12:02
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (56), 08/15/2019 12:02 (8)
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