Trillian IRC Module DCC Length Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1867

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running the Trillian IRC client. Trillian versions 0.725 and 0.73 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the IRC module. By sending an overly long DCC chat message containing 4282 or more to another user, a remote attacker can overflow a buffer and cause the Trillian client to crash or possibly execute code on the system.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1867

Family: IRC Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cerulean_studios:trillian

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-2173

BID: 5389

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