Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in BitchX 1.1 Final allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a MODE command, related to the p_mode variable.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- BitchX 1.1 Final - MODE Remote Heap Overflow EDB-4321 · remote · Aug 27, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- SSA:2009-116-02 vendor-advisory
- 34870 third-party-advisory
- bitchx-pmode-bo(36306) vdb-entry
- 25462 vdb-entry
- 26578 third-party-advisory
- 31180 third-party-advisory
- 37480 vdb-entry
- 4321 exploit
- ADV-2007-2994 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200807-12 vendor-advisory