Buffer overflow in the getnickuserhost function in BNC 2.8.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via an IRC server response that contains many (1) ! (exclamation) or (2) @ (at sign) characters.
2005-03-01T05:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.2.4 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.4.6 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.4.8 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.6 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.6.2 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.6.4 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.8.8 | Yes |
Application | bnc | bnc | 2.8.9 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.0 | Yes |
Operating System | gentoo | linux | * | Yes |