DoS in Bird Chat 1.61
Donato Ferrante
Application: Bird Chat
http://birdchat.sourceforge.net/
Version: 1.61
Bug: Denial Of Service
Date: 23-Aug-2004
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: www.autistici.org/fdonato
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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix
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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:
"Bird Chat is a chat client / server software designed with an easy
and simple interface."
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2. The bug:
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The bug is a denial of service versus clients, in fact an attacker
can crash all the chat clients connected to the chat server, by
using few fake users.
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability:
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/poc/BirdChat[161]DoS-poc.zip
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4. The fix:
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No fix.
The vendor has not answered to my signalations.
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