Description
HydraIRC 0.3.164 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a long irc:// URI.
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
- HydraIrc 0.3.164 - Remote Denial of Service EDB-6201 · dos · Aug 4, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2008-2309 vdb-entry
- 6201 exploit
- 31376 third-party-advisory
- 4126 third-party-advisory
- hydrairc-irc-bo(44204) vdb-entry
- 30523 vdb-entry