VDB-40546 · CVE-2008-0285 · BID 27318

ngIRCd 0.10.3/0.11.0-pre1 denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ngIRCd 0.10.3/0.11.0-pre1. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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:

ngIRCd 0.10.x before 0.10.4 and 0.11.0 before 0.11.0-pre2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted IRC PART message, which triggers an invalid dereference.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2008. The weakness was released 01/15/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at ngircd.barton.de. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0285 since 01/15/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30118 (GLSA-200801-13 : ngIRCd: Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.10.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (30118).

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 30118
Nessus Name: GLSA-200801-13 : ngIRCd: Denial of Service
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OpenVAS ID: 60276
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-13 (ngircd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ngIRCd 0.10.3

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02/04/2008 +6 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2597 days 🔍
08/04/2019 +1602 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ngircd.barton.de
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0285 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 17513 - ngIRCd Allows Remote Attackers to Cause Denial of Service via Crafted IRC PART Message, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27318 - ngIRCd PART Command Parsing Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28425
OSVDB: 40337 - ngIRCd - PART Command Parsing Denial Of Service Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/04/2019 14:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (69), 08/04/2019 14:28 (7)
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