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PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:42 pm    Post subject: [ GLSA 200406-19 ] giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack (GLSA 200406-19)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: June 24, 2004
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #54452
ID: 200406-19

Synopsis

There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.

Background

giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.

Affected Packages

Package: net-p2p/gift-fasttrack
Vulnerable: <= 0.8.6
Unaffected: >= 0.8.7
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT daemon.

Impact

Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Resolution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of gift-fasttrack:
Code:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"
# emerge ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"


References

giFT-FastTrack announcement
CVE-2004-0604


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