mIRC Direct Client Connection request can cause client denial of service

mirc-dcc-dos (13427) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

mIRC is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker could send a malformed Direct Client Connection (DCC) request to cause the client to crash.


Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of mIRC (6.12 or later), available from the mIRC Home page. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Gentoo Linux
  • mIRC mIRC 6.11 and prior
  • Sun Solaris 8
  • Sun Solaris 9

Reported:

Oct 14, 2003

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