CVE-2004-0605 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service against IRC servers by exploiting missing rate limits for unregistered users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0605?
CVE-2004-0605 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jun 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Non-registered IRC users using (1) ircd-hybrid 7.0.1 and earlier, (2) ircd-ratbox 1.5.1 and earlier, or (3) ircd-ratbox 2.0rc6 and earlier do not have a rate-limit imposed, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly making requests, which are slowly dequeued.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0605?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ircd-Hybrid Ircd-Hybrid, Ircd-Ratbox Ircd-Ratbox.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0605?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0605 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2004-0605 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0605 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x345-3cjg-3h44.