CVE-2018-17019 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Bro (now Zeek) versions up to 2.5.5, specifically within the IRC protocol names command parsing in analyzer/protocol/irc/IRC.cc. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger a DoS with low attack complexity, impacting availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bro:bro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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