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TITLE:
Ethereal RSVP Protocol Decoding Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15144

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15144/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ethereal 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/1228/

DESCRIPTION:
Vade79 has reported a vulnerability in Ethereal, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the decoding of the
RSVP protocol and can be exploited via a specially crafted RSVP
packet.

Successful exploitation causes Ethereal to enter an infinite loop and
stop responding.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.10.10. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in the CVS repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Vade79

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