01 Record
CVE-2001-0050
Buffer overflow in BitchX IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via an IP address that resolves to a long DNS hostname or domain name.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in BitchX IRC client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via an IP address that resolves to a long DNS hostname or domain name.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-02-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a618ad4c840e08c88ee902d281de37b9cd51fc8b483dea78de27765cf40939db
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-00:78ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:78.bitchx.v1.1.asc
- archives.neohapsis.com20001207 bitchx/ircd DNS overflow demonstrationhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0086.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20001207 BitchX DNS Overflow Patchhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0081.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2000:364http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000364
- www.securityfocus.com2087http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2087
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:079http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-079.php3
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comirc-bitchx-dns-bo(5701)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5701
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:126http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-126.html