#VU18315 Input validation error in ZNC - CVE-2019-9917

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#VU18315 Input validation error in ZNC - CVE-2019-9917

Published: April 18, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18315
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9917
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ZNC
Software vendor:
ZNC

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted message in incorrect encoding and cause the application to crash.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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