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TITLE:
Ipswitch Instant Messaging Server Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26154

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26154/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5167/
Ipswitch Instant Messaging 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/14854/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an overwritten destructor and can
be exploited to crash the Ipswitch Instant Messaging Server through
the "DoAttachVideoSender", "DoAttachVideoReceiver",
"DoAttachAudioSender" or "DoAttachAudioReceiver" function by
establishing a TCP session with the IM Server service on port 5179.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.5.30. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.7.
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/instant_messaging/patch-upgrades.asp

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by an anonymous researcher and reported via iDefense.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=566

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