CVE-2012-6084
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
modules/m_capab.c in (1) ircd-ratbox before 3.0.8 and (2) Charybdis before 3.4.2 does not properly support capability negotiation during server handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.0 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.1.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.1.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.2.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.2.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.2.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.3.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.3.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.4 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.5 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.5.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.5.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 1.5.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.4 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.5 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.6 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.7 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.8 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.9 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.10 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.0.11 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.0 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.4 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.5 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.6 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.7 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.1.8 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.0 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.2 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.3 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.4 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.5 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.6 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.7 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.7.1 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.8 | |
| ircd-ratbox | ircd-ratbox | 2.2.9 | |
| ratbox | ircd-ratbox | {"endIncluding":"3.0.7"} | |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/4
- http://rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612
- http://www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2
- http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2
- https://github.com/atheme/charybdis/commit/ac0707aa61d9c20e9b09062294701567c9f41595.patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/4
- http://rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612
- http://www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2
- http://www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2
- https://github.com/atheme/charybdis/commit/ac0707aa61d9c20e9b09062294701567c9f41595.patch
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