Detections
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CVE-2005-4624
high
Description
The m_join function in channel.c for PTnet ircd 1.5 and 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion that triggers a daemon restart) via a large number of requests to join a "charmed channel" such as PTnet, #PTnoticias and #*.log, which causes ircd to open the channel even though it does not have any valid users.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16089
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1476.html