CVE-2007-2786

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Published May 21, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Ratbox IRC Daemon (aka ircd-ratbox) 2.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by making many requests from a single client.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2778	Ratbox IRC Daemon (aka ircd-ratbox) 2.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by making many requests from a single client.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.707% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.ratbox.org/pipermail/ircd-ratbox/2007-May/000759.html
http://osvdb.org/36238
http://secunia.com/advisories/25332
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.017.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24044
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1890
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34368

History

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Subscriptions

Ircd-ratbox Ircd-ratbox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:49 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 21, 2007, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:49 PM
Reserved: May 21, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:40 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 21, 2007, 11:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:40 PM

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