CVE-2000-0594 (GCVE-0-2000-0594)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-10-13 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 05:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.
References
cve@mitre.org http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0026.html
cve@mitre.org http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0098.html
cve@mitre.org http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html
cve@mitre.org http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0042.html
cve@mitre.org http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0018.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt
cve@mitre.org http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0105.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-022.0.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1436
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4897
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