40317 : TCPreen FD_SET libsolve/sockprot.cpp SocketAddress::Connect Function Saturation Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-12-25

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6562" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the use of FD_SET in TCPreen before 1.4.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple concurrent connections, which result in overflows in the (1) SocketAddress::Connect function in libsolve/sockprot.cpp and (2) monitor_bridge function in src/bridge.cpp.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.4 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: 2007-6562 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27018
Secunia Advisory ID: 28217 28254
Related OSVDB ID: 40318
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-4318
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://anonsvn.remlab.net/svn/tcpreen/tags/1.4.4/NEWS
Other Advisory URL: http://freshmeat.net/redir/tcpreen/31459/url_changelog/NEWS
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1443

Tools & Filters

	29837

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-12-28 | Disagree?

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