FreeChat string denial of service
| freechat-string-dos (15321) |  Low Risk |
Description:
FreeChat is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker can send a specially-crafted string to the chat server to cause the server to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- FreeChat, FreeChat 1.1.1a
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Feb 26 2004 - 02:11:11 CST, Denial Of Service in FreeChat 1.1.1a at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0648.html.
- FreeChat Web page, SourceForge.net: Project Info - FreeChat at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vbfreechat/.
- BID-9744: FreeChat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0329: FreeChat 1.1.1a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain unexpected strings, as demonstrated using aaaaa.
Reported:
Feb 26, 2004
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