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Trillian IRC Oversized Data Block Remote Overflow DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1868

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running the Trillian IRC client. Trillian version 0.74 and possibly other versions are vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack, caused by a buffer overflow. By sending more than 4095 characters to a vulnerable Trillian client, a remote attacker in control of a malicious IRC server could overflow a buffer and cause the victim's Trillian client to crash.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1868

Family: IRC Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cerulean_studios:trillian

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1486

BID: 5777, 5765, 5769