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NuFW TLS Socket Handling Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19046
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Release Date:
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2006-02-28
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Last Update:
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2006-07-20
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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 remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | NuFW 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0956 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in NuFW, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of blocking TLS sockets. This can be exploited by an authenticated user to cause the authentication server "nuauth" to stop responding by generating a lot of network traffic.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 1.0.21.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.21.
http://www.nufw.org/-Downloads-.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-07-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.nufw.org/+NuFW-1-21-minor-security-fix+.html
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. NuFW Packet Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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