CVE-2007-4404 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IRC server or cause service disruption via specific channel names or commands, requiring attention from IRC administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4404?
CVE-2007-4404 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ircu 2.10.12.01 allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (flood wallops) by joining two channels with certain long names that differ in the final character, which triggers a protocol violation and (2) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a "J 0:#channel" message on a channel without an apass; and (3) allows remote authenticated operators to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a remote "names -D" command.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4404?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Universal Ircd Ircu.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4404?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4404 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-2007-4404 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4404 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w8cp-4857-rqf2.