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RealNetworks Helix Universal Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12766
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Release Date:
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2004-10-08
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Popularity:
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5,990 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: | Helix Universal Mobile Server 10.x
Helix Universal Server 9.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Helix Universal Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable server to consume a large amount of memory and CPU resources by sending a specially crafted POST request with the "Content-Length" header set to -1.
The vulnerability has been reported in:
* Helix Universal Mobile Server & Gateway, versions 10.3.1.716 and prior.
* Helix Universal Server, version 9.0.4.958 and prior.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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