HydraIRC 0.3.151 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HydraIRC 0.3.151. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-3837. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HydraIRC 0.3.151. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in HydraIRC 0.3.151 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long CTCP request message containing % (percent) characters.

The bug was discovered 07/13/2007. The weakness was released 07/17/2007 by securfrog (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portcullis-security.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3837 since 07/17/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available 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 databases at X-Force (35408), SecurityFocus (BID 30523†), OSVDB (38625†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19117†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-37870 and VDB-43621. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

07/13/2007 🔍
07/17/2007 +4 days 🔍
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08/15/2019 +1614 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2007-3837 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3837
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37871
X-Force: 35408
SecurityFocus: 30523 - HydraIRC Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 38625 - HydraIRC CTCP Request Message Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 19117 - HydraIRC Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Attackers to Cause a DoS via Crafted CTCP Request Message, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 08/15/2019 11:57
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (56), 08/15/2019 11:57 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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