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neon "parse_domain()" Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31508
Release Date: 2008-08-21
Popularity: 2,980 views

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

Software:neon 0.28.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL-pointer dereference error within the "parse_domain()" function in src/ne_auth.c. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by tricking an application using the library into connecting to a malicious server.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 0.28.0, 0.28.1 and 0.28.2.

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