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TITLE:
Nero MediaHome Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24724

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Nero MediaHome 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13839/

DESCRIPTION:
Parvez Anwar has discovered a vulnerability in Nero MediaHome, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL-pointer dereference error
within NMMediaServer.exe when handling received packets. This can be
exploited to crash the process via a specially crafted packet
containing two CRLF sequences.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.5.5.0 and is reported in
Nero MediaHome CE 1.3.0.4. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use in a trusted network environment only.

The vendor is reportedly working on a fix.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Parvez Anwar

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