Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-4455

Assigned:2006-08-30
Published:2006-08-30
Updated:2017-10-19
Summary:** DISPUTED ** Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving the PRIVMSG command.
Note: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating that it does not affect 2.6.7 "or any recent version".
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
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-4455

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=2918

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20060809 XChat <= 2.6.4-1 (win version) Remote Denial of Service Exploit (php)

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1016687

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
19398

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.xchat.org/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xchat-privmsg-dos(28325)

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
2124

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
2147

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:xchat:xchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.6.7)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    xchat xchat *