XChat Heap Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027468 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027468
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2011-5129
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 31 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.8.9 and prior
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in XChat. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a heap overflow and cause the target service to crash.
The original advisory and demonstration exploit code is available at:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18159/
th3p4tri0t reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can the target service to crash.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: xchat.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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