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SILC Server
by:
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial-of-Service
CWE
Product Name: SILC Server
Affected Version From: 1.0.2
Affected Version To:
Patch Exists: NO
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Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in SILC Server

The SILC Server is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack due to its failure to handle exceptional conditions. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can crash the server, resulting in a denial of service for legitimate users.

Mitigation:

No known mitigation or remediation is available for this vulnerability.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22846/info

SILC Server is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to handle exceptional conditions.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected server, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

This issue affects version 1.0.2; other versions may also be affected.

The following proof of concept demonstrates this issue:

connect yourserver
join nonexistent -hmac nonexistent