CVE-2005-4624 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in PTnet ircd by exhausting memory through repeated joins to specific charmed channels.
- 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-2005-4624?
CVE-2005-4624 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The m_join function in channel.c for PTnet ircd 1.5 and 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion that triggers a daemon restart) via a large number of requests to join a "charmed channel" such as PTnet, #PTnoticias and #*.log, which causes ircd to open the channel even though it does not have any valid users.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4624?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ptnet Ptnet Ircd.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4624?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4624 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-2005-4624 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4624 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcpv-47pc-7gw6.