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CVE-2009-1789

N/A

Published: May 26, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC

3 products affected across 2 vendorsEggdrop Irc BotEggdropWindrop

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 8%

Description

mod/server.mod/servmsg.c in Eggheads Eggdrop and Windrop 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PRIVMSG that causes an empty string to trigger a negative string length copy. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-2807.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Eggdrop · Eggheads

95%

1.6.0 1.6.1 1.6.10 1.6.11 1.6.12 1.6.13 1.6.14 1.6.15 1.6.16 1.6.17 1.6.18 1.6.18 rc1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.6.7 1.6.8 1.6.9

Eggdrop Irc Bot · Eggheads

95%

v ≤ 1.6.19

Windrop · Philip Moore

95%

v ≤ 1.6.191.4.4 1.4.6 1.5.4 1.5.4 rc1 1.5.4 rc2 1.5.4a 1.6.0 1.6.0 rc1 1.6.0 rc1-rel2 1.6.1 1.6.10 1.6.12 1.6.13 1.6.15 1.6.16 1.6.17 1.6.181.6.19+ctcpfix1.6.2+bindsfix1.6.3 1.6.4 sr1 1.6.6 1.6.7 1.6.8 1.6.9

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (16)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC

Source: [email protected]

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0129.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=528778

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/Changes1.6?revision=1.20&view=markup

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://osvdb.org/54460

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/35104

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/35158

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/35690

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1826

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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