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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200904-13 ] Ventrilo: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Ventrilo: Denial of Service (GLSA 200904-13)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 14, 2009
Bug(s): #234819
ID: 200904-13
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in Ventrilo, allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background
Ventrilo is a Voice over IP group communication server.
Affected Packages
Package: media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin
Vulnerable: < 3.0.3
Unaffected: >= 3.0.3
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Luigi Auriemma reported a NULL pointer dereference in Ventrilo when processing packets with an invalid version number followed by another packet.
Impact
A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to the server, resulting in a crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Ventrilo users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin-3.0.3" |
References
CVE-2008-3680 |
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