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netkit-rwho rwhod Packet Validation Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14266
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Release Date:
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2005-02-14
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Popularity:
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5,789 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: | netkit-rwho 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Vlad902 has reported a vulnerability in netkit-rwho, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the validation of packet sizes in rwhod and can be exploited to crash the listening process. The broadcast handling is not affected.
Successful exploitation is only possible on little endian architectures.
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