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TITLE:
RT Devel::StackTrace Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30830

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30830/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
RT (Request Tracker) 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/5930/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
"Devel::StackTrace" Perl module and can be exploited to exhaust all
available memory or consume all CPU resources.

Successful exploitation requires that the attacker is a privileged RT
user.

The vulnerability is reported in 3.x versions prior to 3.6.7.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.6.7.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Rune Hammersland.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2008-June/000158.html

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