Advisory ROSA-SA-2021-1999

Software: xchat 2.8.8 OS: Cobalt 7.9 CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5129 CVE-Crit: CRITICAL CVE-DESC: Heap-based buffer overflow in XChat 2.8.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service failure and possibly execute arbitrary code using a long response string. CVE-STATUS: default CVE-REV:...

XChat Bounds Checking Buffer Overflow (CVE-2011-5129)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in XChat. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will cause a crash, and may allow injection and execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a...

CVE-2011-5129

CVE-2011-5129 affects XChat 2.8.9 and earlier, with a heap-based buffer overflow caused by insufficient bounds checking in processing a long response string. Impact described as remote denial of service (crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution. Several connected advisories confirm the sam...