CVE-2002-0983 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the irssi IRC client by sending a specially crafted long channel topic, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-0983?
CVE-2002-0983 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IRC client irssi in irssi-text before 0.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC channel that has a long topic followed by a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0983?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Irssi Irssi.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0983?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-0983 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0983 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-157, GHSA-xrw3-7gpj-88wx.