CVE-2000-0594

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2000-07-04 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 3.5

3.5

FreeBSD 4.0

4.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.0

2007

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