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BNC IRC proxy Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA8900
Release Date: 2003-05-30
Last Update: 2003-06-17
Popularity: 11,022 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:BNC IRC proxy 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in BNC IRC proxy, allowing malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.

The problem is that the service can't handle multiple invalid requests. This causes the service to stop accepting new requests.

Version 2.6.2 and prior are vulnerable.

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