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Novell BorderManager Proxy Potential Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA19163
Release Date: 2006-03-08
Last Update: 2006-03-16
Popularity: 5,972 views

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

Software:Novell BorderManager 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1218


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in BorderManager, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to unspecified errors in the proxy when handling invalid content type or when handling media streaming over HTTP 1.1. This can potentially be exploited to cause abnormal termination of the proxy service.

Solution:
Apply POST SP4 Interim Release-2a or later.
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972993.htm

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.

Changelog:
2006-03-16: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972993.htm


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