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TITLE:
EMC Avamar TCP Packet Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39919

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-05-28

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing network
packets. This can be exploited to hang the "gsan" service via a
specially crafted TCP packet.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.1.x and 5.0.

SOLUTION:
Contact EMC Customer service to obtain patch #18975 for versions
4.1.x, or to request an upgrade to version 5.0 SP1 or later.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ESA-2010-007:
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1005-advisories/ESA-2010-007.txt

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