iParty Client Extended Character Handling Remote Overflow DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10111

Synopsis

The remote host is has a chat program installed that is affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability.

Description

iParty is an audio/text chat program for Windows. The iParty server listens on port 6004 for client requests. If someone connects to it and sends a large amount of ASCII 255 chars, the server will close itself and disconnect all the current users.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10111

File Name: iParty.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/22/1999

Updated: 7/12/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/1998

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-1566

BID: 6844

Detections

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