CVE-2012-6084

Published Jan 1, 2013 ircd-ratbox

Overview

CVE-2012-6084 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox. It was published on January 1, 2013.

Technical Description

modules/m_capab.c in (1) ircd-ratbox before 3.0.8 and (2) Charybdis before 3.4.2 does not properly support capability negotiation during server handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a malformed request.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from ircd-ratbox. Update ircd-ratbox to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
ratbox	ircd-ratbox	0	Affected

References

Ref openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/4 Ref rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt Ref www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612 Ref www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2 Ref www.stack.nl/~jilles/irc/charybdis-3.4.2.tbz2 GitHub github.com/atheme/charybdis/commit/ac0707aa61d9c20e9b09062294701567c9f41595.patch Ref openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/01/4 Ref rabbit.dereferenced.org/~nenolod/ASA-2012-12-31.txt Ref www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2612 Ref www.ratbox.org/download/ircd-ratbox-3.0.8.tar.bz2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2012-6084?

CVE-2012-6084 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox. It was published on January 1, 2013.

How severe is CVE-2012-6084?

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