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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1789

Original release date:05/26/2009

Last revised:07/10/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1340

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1340

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-5572

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01337.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-5568

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01333.html

External Source: XF

Name: eggdrop-servmsg-dos(50547)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50547

External Source: BID

Name: 34985

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34985

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090515 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503574

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 8695

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8695

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:126

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:126

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1826

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1826

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35690

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35690

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35158

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35158

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35104

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35104

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 54460

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54460

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778

Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20090514 eggdrop/windrop remote crash vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0129.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.15

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.16

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.17

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.18:rc1

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop_irc_bot:1.6.19 and previous versions

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.18

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.14

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.13

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.12

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.11

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.10

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.9

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.8

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.7

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.6

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.5

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.4

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.3

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.2

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.1

* cpe:/a:eggheads:eggdrop:1.6.0

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.19 and previous versions

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.18

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.17

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.16

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.15

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.12

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.13

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.10

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.9

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.8

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.7

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.6

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.4:sr1

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.4.6

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.3

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.1

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.0::final

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.0:rc1-rel2

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.0:rc1

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.5.4a

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.5.4::final

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.5.4:rc1

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.5.4:rc2

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.2%2Bbindsfix

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.6.19%2Bctcpfix

* cpe:/a:philip_moore:windrop:1.4.4::final

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

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Other (NVD-CWE-Other)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1789