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Gracebyte Network Assistant UDP Datagram Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13770
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Release Date:
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2005-01-11
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Popularity:
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6,670 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: | Gracebyte Network Assistant 3.x
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Description:
Network security team has discovered a vulnerability in Network Assistant, 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 UDP datagrams. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable service by sending a specially crafted UDP datagram to port 50138.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.2.5.2260. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Limit use to a trusted network only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Network security team
Original Advisory:
http://nst.e-nex.com/bug-traq/Nasidos.txt
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