Intrusion PreventionXChat.Overlong.Response.String.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a Denial of Service vulnerability in XChat.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a overly long response string. It allows a remote attacker to crash vulnerable systems via a crafted string.
Affected Products
XChat XChat 2.8.6
XChat XChat 2.8.9
XChat XChat 2.8.7b
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Currently we are unaware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 36475 |
| Created | Aug 08, 2013 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2011-5129 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 81.05% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Other |