Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2002-0983 (CCN-9395)

Assigned:2002-06-19
Published:2002-06-19
Updated:2017-07-11
Summary:IRC client irssi in irssi-text before 0.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC channel that has a long topic followed by a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: FREEBSD
Type: UNKNOWN
FreeBSD-SN-02:05

Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Notice FreeBSD-SN-02:05
security issues in ports

Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jun 18 2002 - 23:07:58 CDT
DoS on irssi 0.8.4

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2002-0983

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
DSA-157

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-157
irssi-text -- denial of service

Source: CCN
Type: irssi Web site
Download

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 11814
irssi IRC Client Channel Topic Overflow DoS

Source: BID
Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
5055

Source: CCN
Type: BID-5055
IRSSI Long Malformed Topic Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
irssi-long-topic-dos(9395)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
irssi-long-topic-dos(9395)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:irssi:irssi:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:irssi:irssi:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:ports_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.debian:def:157
    V
    denial of service
    2002-08-23
    BACK
    irssi irssi 0.8.4
    irssi irssi 0.8.4
    freebsd ports collection *
    debian debian linux 3.0