Multiple Routers - 'IRC Request' Disconnect Denial of Service

Author: Ryan Meyer
type: dos
platform: hardware
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date_added: 2006-03-03 
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It appears that various routers are prone to an IRC-only DoS attack.
Particularly Netgear and Linksys routers have been shown vulnerable.

If a client behind one of the vulnerable routers connects to an IRC server on port 6667
(and only 6667, does not DoS with other ports) and a user posts the following string
in either a channel, private message, ctcp, notice, etc.. the router will drop the connection.
The string is as follows:

DCC SEND anylongrandomstringhere

Further, it appears the routers that are vulnerable to this are running vxworks as their
embedded OS. Older linux Linksys routers appear to be immune.

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