Bird Chat Server Invalid User DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2135

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running a vulnerable version of Bird Chat Server. Bird Chat Server is a small chat server for Windows. It is reported that versions up to 6.10 are prone to an issue that permit an attacker connecting with a fake username on the server to remotely crash all clients using the server.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2135

Family: Internet Messengers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:bird_chat:internet_chat_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1739

BID: 11010

Detections

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