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Ventrilo Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16551
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Release Date:
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2005-08-24
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Last Update:
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2005-09-05
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Popularity:
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7,981 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | Ventrilo Server 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2719
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in Ventrilo Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in handling certain malformed status query packets. This can be exploited to crash the server by sending a specially crafted status query packet to port 3784/udp.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.3.0 and has also been reported in versions 2.1.2 through 2.3.0.
Solution:
Filter incoming malicious UDP datagrams to the service.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Luigi Auriemma
Changelog:
2005-09-05: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ventboom-adv.txt
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