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CVE-2009-1789

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Description

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.

References

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

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

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8695

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50547

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/35690

http://secunia.com/advisories/35158

http://secunia.com/advisories/35104

http://osvdb.org/54460

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-05-26

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.14219

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