CVE-2004-0409

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Socks-5 proxy code for XChat 1.8.0 to 2.0.8, with socks5 traversal enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 26.77% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoralegacy.org Vendor Advisory linux.org Vendor Advisory xchat.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-177.html	patch vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-493	vendor advisory
http://www.xchat.org/	patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-585.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-15.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_123013	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11312	vdb entry signature
http://mail.nl.linux.org/xchat-announce/2004-04/msg00000.html	mailing list patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0409?: CVE-2004-0409 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0409?: To fix CVE-2004-0409, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0409 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0409 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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