CVE-2007-3360 Command injection in n/a
Remote IRC servers can execute arbitrary shell commands on BitchX clients by sending malicious NICK and EXEC data that overflows a hash table.
- 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-2007-3360?
CVE-2007-3360 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
hook.c in BitchX 1.1-final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a client certain data containing NICK and EXEC strings, which exceeds the bounds of a hash table, and injects an EXEC hook function that receives and executes shell commands.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3360?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitchx Bitchx.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3360?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3360 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2007-3360 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-3360 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6vv-w825-m5c7.