Input validation error in ZNC
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2013-2130 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ZNC Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers |
| Vendor | ZNC |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU33305
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 1.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2130
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer reference and crash) via a crafted request to the (1) editnetwork, (2) editchan, (3) addchan, or (4) delchan page in modules/webadmin.cpp.
MitigationUpdate to version 1.2.
Vulnerable software versionsZNC: 1.0
External linkshttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0257.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114144.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114172.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53450
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:013
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/30/3
http://github.com/znc/znc/commit/2bd410ee5570cea127233f1133ea22f25174eb28
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
