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UnrealIRCd OperServ Raw Channel Join DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11797

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Synopsis

The remote chat server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of ircd which may crash when it receives certain raw messages.

An attacker could exploit this flaw to disable this service remotely.

Solution

Upgrade to UnrealIRCD 3.2 beta17 or 3.1.6, as this reportedly fixes the issue.

See Also

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12580

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11797

File Name: ircd_dos.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/21/2003

Updated: 8/8/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

BID: 8131