Bird Chat Clients Can Be Crashed By a Remote User
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1011029
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1011029
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 23 2004
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 1.61
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Description: Donato Ferrante reported a vulnerability in Bird Chat. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
It is reported that a remote user can create some fake users and connect to the target server to cause all connected chat clients
to crash.
A demonstration exploit is available at:
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/poc/BirdChat[161]DoS-poc.zip
The vendor
has reportedly been notified without response.
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Impact: A remote user can cause all connected chat clients to crash.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: birdchat.sourceforget.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Exception handling error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Reported By: "Donato Ferrante" <fdonato@autistici.org>
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:48:28 -0000
From: "Donato Ferrante" <fdonato@autistici.org>
Subject: DoS in Bird Chat 1.61
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Donato Ferrante
Application: Bird Chat
http://birdchat.sourceforge.net/
Version: 1.61
Bug: Denial Of Service
Date: 23-Aug-2004
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato@autistici.org
web: www.autistici.org/fdonato
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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix
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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:
"Bird Chat is a chat client / server software designed with an easy
and simple interface."
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2. The bug:
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The bug is a denial of service versus clients, in fact an attacker
can crash all the chat clients connected to the chat server, by
using few fake users.
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability:
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/poc/BirdChat[161]DoS-poc.zip
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4. The fix:
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No fix.
The vendor has not answered to my signalations.
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