CVE-2004-0605 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting unregistered IRC users in ircd-hybrid 7.0.1 and earlier, and ircd-ratbox 1.5.1 and 2.0rc6 and earlier. The flaw stems from a lack of rate-limiting for these users, allowing remote attackers to overwhelm the server by repeatedly sending requests that are slowly processed. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-24222) detailing a socket dequeuing denial-of-service, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-hybrid:ircd-hybrid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0_rc6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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