CVE-2006-6811

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://osvdb.org/33443	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468	Broken Link
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790	Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922	Broken Link
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3023	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kde:ksirc:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2006-12-29 11:28

Updated : 2024-02-08 02:22

NVD link : CVE-2006-6811

Mitre link : CVE-2006-6811

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-6811

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

kde

ksirc

CWE

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion

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