CVE-2006-6811

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.

KsIRC 1.3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PRIVMSG string when connecting to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, which causes an assertion failure and results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow.

KsIRC 1.3.12 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) mediante una cadena PRIVMSG larga cuando se conecta a un servidor retransmisor de Chat de Internet(IRC), lo que provoca que falle una aserción y se produzca una referencia a puntero NULL. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad se documentó originalmente como un desbordamiento de búfer .