CVE-2007-6122 Information

Description

The default_encrypt function in encrypt.c in IRC Services before 5.0.63 and 5.1.x before 5.1.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long password. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199897 http://lists.ircservices.za.net/pipermail/ircservices/2007/005558.html http://lists.ircservices.za.net/pipermail/ircservices/2007/005564.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27761 http://secunia.com/advisories/28090 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-12.xml http://www.ircservices.za.net/Changes.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26517 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3959 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38591