National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4584
Original release date:08/29/2007
Last revised:05/14/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in BitchX 1.1 Final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a MODE command, related to the p_mode variable.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
Official Statement from Red Hat (09/24/2007)
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of IrcII as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. IrcII was not shipped in Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 4321
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-116-02
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200807-12
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34870
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31180
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26578
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 37480
External Source: XF
Name: bitchx-pmode-bo(36306)
External Source: BID
Name: 25462
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2994
