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Dante FD_SET Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14071
Release Date: 2005-01-31
Popularity: 4,900 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Dante 1.x

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Description:
3APA3A has reported a vulnerability in Dante, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a missing boundary check when doing "FD_SET()" operations. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow in certain configurations by establishing multiple concurrent connections.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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