Eggheads Eggdrop up to 1.6.19 servrmsg.c denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Eggheads Eggdrop. This affects an unknown part of the file /mod/server.mod/servrmsg.c. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1789. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Eggheads Eggdrop. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /mod/server.mod/servrmsg.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

The bug was discovered 05/06/2009. The weakness was shared 05/14/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1789 since 05/26/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38940 (Fedora 10 : eggdrop-1.6.19-4.fc10 (2009-5572)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50547), Tenable (38940), SecurityFocus (BID 34985†), OSVDB (54460†) and Secunia (SA35104†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 38940
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : eggdrop-1.6.19-4.fc10 (2009-5572)
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OpenVAS ID: 64378
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1826-1 (eggdrop)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1789 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1789
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48314

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X-Force: 50547
SecurityFocus: 34985 - Eggdrop 'ctcpbuf' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 35104 - Eggdrop servmsg.c Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 54460 - Eggdrop /mod/server.mod/servrmsg.c Private Message Handling DoS
Vulnerability Center: 22252 - Eggheads Eggdrop <= 1.6.19 and Windrop <= 1.6.19 Negative String Length Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1340

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/27/2024 06:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (66), 08/19/2017 09:58 (14), 08/11/2021 10:59 (3), 08/11/2021 11:04 (1), 11/29/2024 12:12 (21), 12/27/2024 06:07 (2)
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