CVE-2007-6122 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 26 Nov 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the IRC Services daemon by submitting a long password, 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-2007-6122?

CVE-2007-6122 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The default_encrypt function in encrypt.c in IRC Services before 5.0.63, and 5.1.x before 5.1.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long password. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6122?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Irc Services Irc Services.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6122 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-2007-6122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4q98-f277-w2f4.