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BNC IRC Proxy Backspace User Identity Spoofing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12770
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Release Date:
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2004-10-09
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Last Update:
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2005-02-15
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Popularity:
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8,684 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | BNC IRC proxy 2.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1482
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Description:
Yak has reported a vulnerability in BNC IRC proxy, which can be exploited by malicious users to spoof their identity.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the "sbuf_getmsg()" function when handling backspace characters. This can be exploited to issue commands using fake authentication credentials.
Solution:
Update to version 2.8.9.
http://www.gotbnc.com/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Yak
Changelog:
2004-10-11: Updated "Description" section.
2004-10-15: Updated "Description" section.
2005-02-15: Added CVE reference.
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