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CVE-2009-4652
The (1) Conn_GetCipherInfo and (2) Conn_UsesSSL functions in src/ngircd/conn.c in ngIRCd 13 and 14, when SSL/TLS support is present and…
Low2.6EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The (1) Conn_GetCipherInfo and (2) Conn_UsesSSL functions in src/ngircd/conn.c in ngIRCd 13 and 14, when SSL/TLS support is present and standalone mode is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending the MOTD command from another server in the same IRC network, possibly related to an array index error.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=src/ngircd/conn.c%3Bh=c6095a31c613bc5ca127d55b8723e15b836f1cca%3Bhp=9752a6191c7e2da5b0df64779e9cc28ad1e6241c%3Bhb=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2%3Bhpb=95428a72ffb5214826b61d5e77f860e7ef6a6c9e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3240 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37343 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ngircd-ssltls-dos(54272) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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