FreeChat string denial of service
| freechat-string-dos (15321) |  Medium 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.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Feb 26 2004 - 02:11:11 CST: Denial Of Service in FreeChat 1.1.1a.
- FreeChat Web page: SourceForge.net: Project Info - FreeChat.
- 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.
- OSVDB ID: 6930: FreeChat Crafted String DoS
Platforms Affected:
- FreeChat FreeChat 1.1.1a
Reported:
Feb 26, 2004
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