GLSA 200904-13: Ventrilo: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Ventrilo: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 04/14/2009 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200904-13 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in Ventrilo, allowing for a Denial of Service.Background
Ventrilo is a Voice over IP group communication server.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin | < 3.0.3 | >= 3.0.3 | All supported architectures |
Description
Luigi Auriemma reported a NULL pointer dereference in Ventrilo when processing packets with an invalid version number followed by another packet.
Impact
A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to the server, resulting in a crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Ventrilo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin-3.0.3"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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