Vulnerability Details CVE-2013-5580
The (1) Conn_StartLogin and (2) cb_Read_Resolver_Result functions in conn.c in ngIRCd 18 through 20.2, when the configuration option NoticeAuth is enabled, does not properly handle the return code for the Handle_Write function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and server crash) via unspecified vectors, related to a "notice auth" message not being sent to a new client.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.008
EPSS Ranking 73.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=309122017ebc6fff039a7cab1b82f632853d82d5
- http://arthur.barton.de/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2013-August/000645.html
- http://freecode.com/projects/ngircd/releases/357245
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115047.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115077.html
- http://osvdb.org/96590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54567
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=309122017ebc6fff039a7cab1b82f632853d82d5
- http://arthur.barton.de/pipermail/ngircd-ml/2013-August/000645.html
- http://freecode.com/projects/ngircd/releases/357245
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115047.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115077.html
- http://osvdb.org/96590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54567
Products affected by CVE-2013-5580
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:20.1
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cpe:2.3:a:barton:ngircd:20.2