Description
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu USN |
USN-409-1 | ksirc vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T20:42:07.123Z
Reserved: 2006-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2006-6811
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Status : Modified
Published: 2006-12-29T11:28:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2006-6811
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Ubuntu USN