BomberClone error packet denial of service

bomberclone-error-packet-dos (28093) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

BomberClone is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted error packet to cause the application to crash.

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
  • steffen, BomberClone prior to 0.11.6

Remedy:

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1180-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

  • BomberClone Web site, BomberClone at http://www.bomberclone.de/core.html.
  • Luigi Auriemma Advisory 30 Jul 2006, Bugs in BomberClone 0.11.6 at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt.
  • BID-19255: Bomberclone Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-4005: BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via (1) a certain malformed PKGF_ackreq packet, which triggers a crash in the rscache_add() function in pkgcache.c; and (2) an error packet, which is intended to be received by clients and force client shutdown, but also triggers server shutdown.
  • DSA-1180: bomberclone -- programming error
  • OSVDB ID: 27647: BomberClone rscache_add Crafted Packet Remote DoS
  • OSVDB ID: 27649: BomberClone Error Message Server Termination DoS
  • SA21303: BomberClone Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-3067: BomberClone Multiple Denial of Service and Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jul 30, 2006

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