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From: Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200406-19 ] giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:41:24
Message-Id: 40DB3BFA.50906@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Low
11 Title: giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack
12 Date: June 24, 2004
13 Bugs: #54452
14 ID: 200406-19
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18 Synopsis
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21 There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the
22 giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.
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24 Background
25 ==========
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27 giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It
28 allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.
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30 Affected packages
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34 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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36 1 net-p2p/gift-fasttrack <= 0.8.6 >= 0.8.7
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38 Description
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41 Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in
42 version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT
43 daemon.
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45 Impact
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48 Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service
49 attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
55 upgrade to the latest available version.
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57 Resolution
58 ==========
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60 All users should upgrade to the latest available version of
61 gift-fasttrack:
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63 # emerge sync
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65 # emerge -pv ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"
66 # emerge ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"
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68 References
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71 [ 1 ] giFT-FastTrack announcement
72 http://gift-fasttrack.berlios.de/
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-19.xml
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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