Published: 04/07/2000 Updated: 10/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

VMScore: 505

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1436/info BitchX IRC clients, versions 75 up to and including 10c16, are vulnerable to a Denial of Service and possible remote execution of code By /invite-ing someone to a channel name containing formatting characters (%s, %n, etc) an IRC user can cause the targetted user's BitchX client to seg-fault Th ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20060/

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