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Kadu Message Denial of Service Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA17764
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Release Date:
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2005-11-29
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Last Update:
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2005-12-07
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Popularity:
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4,917 views
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Critical:
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Not 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: | Kadu 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-3960
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Description:
Michal Gizowski has reported a weakness in Kadu, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the message handling. This can be exploited to freeze or crash a vulnerable client by sending a specially crafted message with "rich_text" and image basic information via a Gadu-Gadu server.
The weakness has been reported in versions 0.4.2 and 0.5.0pre. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.4.3.
http://www.kadu.net/wiki/index.php/English:Main_Page
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michal Gizowski
Changelog:
2005-12-01: Updated "Solution" section.
2005-12-07: Added CVE reference.
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