PT-2000-1528 · Bitchx · Bitchx Irc Client

Published 2000-07-04 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0594

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BitchX IRC client (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from the BitchX IRC client's failure to properly cleanse an untrusted format string. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0594

Affected Products

Bitchx Irc Client

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20060 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0594 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html · Note
• http://calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1436 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html · Note