CVE-2006-0458 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 6 Mar 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the irssi IRC client by sending crafted DCC ACCEPT commands, 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: None listed

What is CVE-2006-0458?

CVE-2006-0458 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DCC ACCEPT command handler in irssi before 0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 in Ubuntu Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain crafted arguments in a DCC command.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0458?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Irssi Irssi.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0458 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-2006-0458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cxp6-ffp6-8f4q.