National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2000-0594
Original release date:07/04/2000
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: XF
Name: irc-bitchx-invite-dos
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 1436
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2000:042
External Source: CALDERA
Name: CSSA-2000-022.0
External Source: VULN-DEV
Name: 20000704 BitchX /ignore bug
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-00:32
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000707 BitchX update
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000707 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - BitchX
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20000704 BitchX exploit possibly waiting to happen, certain DoS