CVE-2006-6811
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 29, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxKsirc
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017453x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&trace=0&type=security&ID=8468x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:009Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21790CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617
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