Sygate UDP packet denial of service
| sygate-udp-packet-dos (5049) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sybergen Sygate is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A local attacker can send a specially malformed UDP packet to port 53 to crash the Sygate server.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- NTBugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jun 30 2000 - 19:03:41 CDT: Any LAN user can crash Sygate.
- BID-1420: Sybergen Sygate Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2000-0569: Sybergen Sygate allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed DNS UDP packet to its internal interface.
Platforms Affected:
- Sybergen Networks Sybergen SyGate 2.0
- Sybergen Networks Sybergen SyGate 3.11
Reported:
Jun 30, 2000
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