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Status published
Critical
CVE-2004-1052
Buffer overflow in the getnickuserhost function in BNC 2.8.9, and...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the getnickuserhost function in BNC 2.8.9, and possibly other versions, allows remote IRC servers to execute arbitrary code via an IRC server response that contains many (1) ! (exclamation) or (2) @ (at sign) characters.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
Affected Vendor
Affected Software
bnc, debian linux, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.4, 2.4.6, 2.4.8, 2.6, 2.6.2, 2.6.4, 2.8.8, 2.8.9, 3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 18th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.