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TITLE:
C++ Sockets Library HTTPSocket Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27535

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27535/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
C++ Sockets Library 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/16468/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within
HTTPSocket.cpp when processing HTTP requests. This can be exploited
to crash an application using the library via an HTTP request with an
empty protocol version number.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.2.5. Other
applications using the vulnerable library may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.5.
http://www.alhem.net/Sockets/download.html

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.alhem.net/Sockets/Changelog

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