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Category:   Application (Instant Messaging/IRC/Chat)  >   Bird Chat Vendors:   birdchat.sourceforge.net
Bird Chat Clients Can Be Crashed By a Remote User
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1011029
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1011029
CVE Reference:   GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Aug 23 2004
Impact:   Denial of service via network
Exploit Included:  Yes  
Version(s): 1.61
Description:   Donato Ferrante reported a vulnerability in Bird Chat. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.

It is reported that a remote user can create some fake users and connect to the target server to cause all connected chat clients to crash.

A demonstration exploit is available at:

http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/poc/BirdChat[161]DoS-poc.zip

The vendor has reportedly been notified without response.

Impact:   A remote user can cause all connected chat clients to crash.
Solution:   No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vendor URL:  birdchat.sourceforget.net/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:   Exception handling error
Underlying OS:   Windows (Any)

Message History:   None.


 Source Message Contents

Date:  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:48:28 -0000
Subject:  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@autistici.org
              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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