CVE-2012-6084 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ircd-ratbox before version 3.0.8 and Charybdis before version 3.4.2. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a malformed request during server handshake, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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