PT-2003-2322 · Unknown · Smart Irc Daemon

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2003-1377

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Smart IRC Daemon (SIRCD) versions 0.4.0 through 0.4.4

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the reverse DNS lookup of the affected software. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client with a long hostname.

Recommendations For Smart IRC Daemon (SIRCD) versions 0.4.0 through 0.4.4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses the buffer overflow issue in the reverse DNS lookup. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1377

Affected Products

Smart Irc Daemon

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1377 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6924 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/312924 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11409 · Note