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Vortex Library "select(2)" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA25442
Release Date: 2007-06-01
Last Update: 2007-06-11
Popularity: 4,939 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Vortex Library 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the select(2) I/O implementation. This can be exploited to overwrite the file set buffer and cause a remote listener to crash.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.0.3 on Linux and potentially other POSIX OS.

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