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SILC Server "NEW_CLIENT" Packet Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29459
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Release Date:
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2008-03-26
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Popularity:
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1,887 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | SILC Secure Internet Live Conferencing Server 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1429
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SILC Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of "NEW_CLIENT" packets. This can be exploited to crash the application via a "NEW_CLIENT" packet that does not contain a nickname.
The vulnerability is reported in SILC Server prior to version 1.1.1.
Solution:
Update to version 1.1.1 or later.
http://silcnet.org/software/download/server/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Server%201.1.1
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