CVE-2007-4404

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ircu 2.10.12.01 allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (flood wallops) by joining two channels with certain long names that differ in the final character, which triggers a protocol violation and (2) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a "J 0:#channel" message on a channel without an apass; and (3) allows remote authenticated operators to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a remote "names -D" command.

Affected products

Universal Ircd Ircu: 2.10.12.01

References

http://osvdb.org/46710
http://osvdb.org/46711
http://osvdb.org/46712
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3031
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476285/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35984
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35987
http://osvdb.org/46710
http://osvdb.org/46711
http://osvdb.org/46712

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