CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0594

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2000-07-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-07-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

BitchX IRC client does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an invite to a channel whose name includes special formatting characters.

Affected configurations

• caldera openlinux desktop 2.3 • caldera openlinux ebuilder 2.3 • caldera openlinux edesktop 2.4 • caldera openlinux eserver 2.3 • freebsd freebsd 3.5 • freebsd freebsd 4.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 2007

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