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TITLE:
Dreambox DM500 Long Requests Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31650

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31650/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Dreambox DM500
http://secunia.com/product/19701/

DESCRIPTION:
Marc Ruef has reported a vulnerability in Dreambox DM500, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the web interface
when processing overly long requests. This can be exploited to cause
a DoS by sending malicious requests to a vulnerable device.

SOLUTION:
Use a firewall or proxy to filter malicious requests.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Marc Ruef, scip AG

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.scip.ch/cgi-bin/smss/showadvf.pl?id=3807

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064115.html

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