Bird Chat denial of service
| bird-chat-dos (17080) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Bird Chat is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. By sending a specially-crafted string to a vulnerable Bird Chat client, a remote attacker in control of a malicious Bird Chat server, could cause the victim's client to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 23 2004 - 07:49:50 CDT: DoS in Bird Chat 1.61.
- BID-11010: Bird Chat Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1739: Bird Chat 1.61 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid users.
- SA12365: Bird Chat User Flooding Denial of Service
Platforms Affected:
- Heis Spiter Bird Chat 1.61
Reported:
Aug 23, 2004
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