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neon "ne_uri_parse()" Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23751
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Release Date:
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2007-01-15
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Popularity:
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4,268 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | neon 0.24.x
neon 0.25.x
neon 0.26.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-0157
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in neon, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an out of bounds read within the "ne_uri_parse()" function when parsing URIs with non-ASCII characters. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by tricking an application using the library to parse specially crafted URIs.
Note: The vulnerability may be specific for 64bit architectures.
Solution:
Use trusted servers only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Debian bug by Modestas Vainius.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404723
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