giFT-FastTrack daemon denial of service
| gift-fasttrack-daemon-dos (16508) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
giFT-FastTrack is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could cause a NULL pointer dereference and cause the daemon to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of giFT-FastTrack (0.8.7 or later), available from the giFT-FastTrack Web site. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Upgrade to the latest version of giFT-FastTrack (0.8.7 or later), as listed in GLSA 200406-19. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- giFT-FastTrack Web site: giFT-FastTrack.
- GLSA 200406-19: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack.
- BID-10604: giFT-FastTrack HTTP Header Parser Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0604: The HTTP client and server in giFT-FastTrack 0.8.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly via an empty search query, which triggers a NULL dereference.
- GLSA-200406-19: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack
- SA11941: giFT-FastTrack Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- berliOS giFT-FastTrack 0.8.6 and prior
- Gentoo Linux
Reported:
Jun 25, 2004
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