Secunia Security Advisory - device has reported a vulnerability in MiniShare, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
MiniShare Multiple Connections Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24898
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24898/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
MiniShare 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3502/
DESCRIPTION:
device has reported a vulnerability in MiniShare, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
multiple requests. This can be exploited to crash the server by
flooding it with requests.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.5.4. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Reportedly this is fixed in version 1.5.5.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
device
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500854&group_id=109595
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