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>> BitchX "MODE" Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : BitchX "MODE" Message Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2994
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4584
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-28
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A vulnerability has been identified in BitchX, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing an overly long MODE message, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise an affected system by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious IRC server.
Affected Products
BitchX version 1.1 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2994
Credits
Vulnerability reported by bannedit.
ChangeLog
2007-08-28 : Initial release
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