42395 : I Hear U (IHU) Receiver::processPacket Function Malformed Packet Infinite Loop Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-11-20

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6103" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : I Hear U (IHU) 0.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that contains zero in the size field in its header, which is improperly handled by the Receiver::processPacket function; and (2) a denial of service (daemon crash) via an (a) IHU_INFO_INIT or a (b) IHU_INFO_RING packet that does not specify the mode, which is improperly handled by the Player::ring function in Player.cpp.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.5.7 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-6103 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26516
Secunia Advisory ID: 27754
ISS X-Force ID: 38568 38569
Related OSVDB ID: 42396
Other Advisory URL: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ihudos-adv.txt
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=355409&group_id=75788

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-26 | Disagree?

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