CVE

Id
5371  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-0983  
Status
Candidate  
Description
IRC client irssi in irssi-text before 0.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC channel that has a long topic followed by a certain string, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.  
Phase
Modified (20050528)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Armstrong, Baker, Cole | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Christey, Cox, Foat, Wall  
Comments
Christey> BUGTRAQ:20020619 DoS on irssi 0.8.4 | URL:http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277686 | XF:irssi-long-topic-dos(9395) | URL:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9395.php | Frech> XF:irssi-long-topic-dos(9395)