Gentoo: GLSA-200406-19: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack
Summary
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Severity: Low Title: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack Date: June 24, 2004 Bugs: #54452 ID: 200406-19
Synopsis ======= There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.
Background ========= giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-p2p/gift-fasttrack <= 0.8.6 >= 0.8.7
========== Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT daemon.
Impact ===== Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.
Resolution ========= All users should upgrade to the latest available version of gift-fasttrack:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7" # emerge ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"
References ========= [ 1 ] giFT-FastTrack announcement https://www.berlios.de/software/gift-fasttrack/
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-19
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/
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