HydraIRC up to 0.346 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HydraIRC up to 0.346. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3578. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HydraIRC up to 0.346. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

HydraIRC 0.3.164 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a long irc:// URI.

The weakness was released 08/10/2008 by securfrog (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3578 since 08/10/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115874 (HydraIRC Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44204), Exploit-DB (6201), SecurityFocus (BID 30523†) and Secunia (SA31376†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-37871 and VDB-37870. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/17/2015 +2410 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: securfrog
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43621
X-Force: 44204 - HydraIRC irc:// URI buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 30523 - HydraIRC Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31376
Vupen: ADV-2008-2309

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

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 05/26/2025 07:31
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (57), 10/03/2018 10:50 (2), 11/03/2024 02:08 (17), 05/26/2025 07:31 (2)
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