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TITLE:
PennMUSH "speak()" and "buy()" Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24504

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24504/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PennMUSH 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13643/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in PennMUSH, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error within the "speak()" command can be exploited
to crash the service.

2) An error within the "buy()" command can be exploited to crash the
service by using the command with an "@buy" attribute evaluating
"@pricelist".

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.8.2p3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.8.2p3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Trinsec
2) Amy

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.pennmush.org/archives/pennmush-announce/2007/000137.html

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