CVE-2006-6811

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2006-6811 · Published 29/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ksirc kde	`= 1.3.12`	No fix yet

Description

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.

References

osvdb.org/33443 · Broken Link
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-26.xml · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Broken Link
addict3d.org/index.php · Broken Link
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070109-1.txt · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/456379/100/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/bid/21790 · Broken Link
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-409-1 · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5199 · Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31134 · Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-922 · Broken Link
exploit-db.com/exploits/3023 · Exploit

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