Trillian IRC Server Response Remote Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1871

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running the Trillian IRC client. Trillian version 0.73 and earlier are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the IRC module. By operating a malicious IRC server and sending malformed responses, a remote attacker can overflow a buffer and execute code on the server.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1871

Family: IRC Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:U/RC:X

Reference Information

BID: 5373

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