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TCPreen FD_SET Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28217
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Release Date:
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2007-12-25
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Last Update:
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2008-01-02
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | TCPreen 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6562 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in TCPreen, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when calling "FD_SET()" within the "SocketAddress::Connect()" method in libsolve/sockprot.cpp. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow in certain configurations by establishing multiple concurrent connections.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.4.4.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.4.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-01-02: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/tcpreen/31459/url_changelog/NEWS
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