PT-2003-2001 · Xchat · Xchat

Kurt Lieber · Published 2003-12-17 · Updated 2024-01-09 · CVE-2003-1000

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 xchat version 2.0.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, via a passive DCC request with an invalid ID number. This action causes a null dereference.

Recommendations For xchat version 2.0.6, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the handling of passive DCC requests until a patch is available. Restrict access to the DCC functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1000

Affected Products

Xchat

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1000 · Security Note
• http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2003-12/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/66711 · Telegram Post
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107152093419276&w=2 · Note