FrSIRT - Tcpick "write.c" Packet Size Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Tcpick "write.c" Packet Size Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Tcpick "write.c" Packet Size Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1466
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0048
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-04-22

Advisory Details

Description

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Solution

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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Tcpick, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the "write.c" script that does not properly handle certain packets when the application is running with the "-yP" option, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application via a specially crafted packet.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Andrea Barisani

ChangeLog

2006-04-22 : Initial release

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