Due to faulty logic in the socket dequeuing mechanism used in hybrid 7 and the derivate ircd-ratbox, it is possible to severely lag an irc server using a low-bandwidth DoS attack. Affected versions: ircd-hybrid below and equal to 7.0.1, ircd-ratbox below and equal to 1.5.1, ircd-ratbox below and equal to 2.0rc6. Full exploitation included.
Due to faulty logic in the socket dequeuing mechanism used in hybrid 7 and the derivate ircd-ratbox, it is possible to severely lag an irc server using a low-bandwidth DoS attack. Affected versions: ircd-hybrid below and equal to 7.0.1, ircd-ratbox below and equal to 1.5.1, ircd-ratbox below and equal to 2.0rc6. Full exploitation included.