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Posadis DNS Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8018
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Release Date:
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2003-02-07
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Popularity:
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4,795 views
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Critical:
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Less 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: | Posadis 0.50.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability in Posadis DNS server versions 0.50.4 to 0.50.8 may be exploited by a malicious person to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error caused by Posadis not properly checking whether a specific DNS message contains a question section. A malicious person can crash the DNS server by sending a malformed message.
It is not known whether the vulnerability can be used to execute arbitrary code.
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