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McAfee e-Business Server Authentication Packet Processing Denial Of Service Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA24893  
Release Date: 2007-04-18
Last Update: 2007-04-27

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

Software:McAfee e-Business Server 8.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-2151 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in McAfee e-Business Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the administration utility service when processing authentication packets. This can be exploited to crash the service via a specially crafted packet with an overly large length value.

The vulnerability reportedly affects the following versions:
* 8.5.1 and earlier for Windows
* 8.5.1 and earlier for Solaris
* 8.1.0 and earlier for Linux
* 8.1.0 and earlier for HP-UX
* 8.1.0 and earlier for AIX

Solution:
Apply updates.
https://secure.nai.com/apps/downloads/my_products/login.asp

8.5.2 for Windows:
EBus852-Windows-LICENSE.zip

8.5.2 for Solaris:
EBus852-Solaris-LICENSE.tar.gz

8.1.1 for Linux:
EBusSvr_8.1.1_Licensed_x86Linux.tar.gz

8.1.1 for HP-UX:
EBusSrv_8.1.1_Licensed_HPUX.tar.gz

8.1.1 for AIX:
EBusSvr_8.1.1_Licensed_AIX.tar.gz

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.

Changelog:
2007-04-27: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
McAfee:
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportS...ommand=show&forward=nonthreadedKC

iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=516



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2 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Packet Handling Vulnerability
2. McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Packet Handling Buffer Overflow


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