I Hear U Receiver::processPacket denial of service
| ihearu-packet-dos (38568) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
I Hear U is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop error in the Receiver::processPacket function. If the application is in "waiting call" mode, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted packet with a size value of "zero" to cause the application to become unresponsive.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.4 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of I Hear U (0.5.7 or later), available from the I Hear U Web page. See References.
References:
- I Hear U Web page: I Hear U (IHU) Project Homepage.
- Luigi Auriemma Advisory 20 Nov 2007: Two DoS in I Hear U 0.5.6.
- SA27754: I Hear U Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Matteo Trotta I Hear U 0.5.6
Reported:
Nov 20, 2007
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