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RSniff Multiple Connection Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11339
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Release Date:
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2004-04-10
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Popularity:
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5,993 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 local network
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | RSniff (Remote Sniff) 1.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in RSniff, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial-of-Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the connection handling. This can be exploited to consume all available file descriptors and thereby prevent new connections from being established by making multiple connections to the service.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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