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UnrealIRCd Unspecified DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64485

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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 UnrealIRCd that could crash when it receives certain raw messages. An attacker could exploit this flaw to disable the service remotely.

Solution

Upgrade to UnrealIRCd 3.2.10 or later

See Also

https://www.unrealircd.org/txt/unrealsecadvisory.20121112.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64485

File Name: unreal_ircd_dos.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/6/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:unrealircd:unrealircd

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2012

Reference Information

BID: 56492