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Message-ID: <20040226081111.1007823F86@chernobyl.investici.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:11:11 -0000
From: "Donato Ferrante" <fdonato@...istici.org>
To: <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Denial Of Service in FreeChat 1.1.1a
Donato Ferrante
Application: FreeChat
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vbfreechat/
Version: 1.1.1a
Bug: Denial Of Service
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato@...istici.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:
"FreeChat is a webserver with support for a browser based streaming
chat written in Visual Basic 6. The chat so far supports multiple
rooms (public/private), graphical emicons, whispering, multiple
languages and more."
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2. The bug:
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The server is not able to manage crafted strings. In fact it will
crash.
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability simply send to the chat server,
a string like:
"aaaaa"
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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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