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TITLE:
ESRI ArcSDE Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24639

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24639/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
ESRI ArcSDE 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/13788/
ESRI ArcSDE 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/13789/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in ArcSDE
server when using three tiered ArcSDE configurations. This can be
exploited to crash the server by sending a specially crafted
connection packet to an ArcSDE service.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 8.3, 9.0, and 9.1.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued patches for various platforms (see vendor
advisories for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ArcSDE 8.3:
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=19&MetaID=1260

ArcSDE 9.0:
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=19&MetaID=1261

ArcSDE 9.1:
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=19&MetaID=1262

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