CVE-2004-0605

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Non-registered IRC users using (1) ircd-hybrid 7.0.1 and earlier, (2) ircd-ratbox 1.5.1 and earlier, or (3) ircd-ratbox 2.0rc6 and earlier do not have a rate-limit imposed, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by repeatedly making requests, which are slowly dequeued.

Affected products

Ircd-Hybrid: through 7.0.1
Ircd-Ratbox: through 1.5.1; through 2.0_rc6

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108766803817406&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10572
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16457
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108766803817406&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10572
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16457

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