FrSIRT - Libevent DNS Label Pointers Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Libevent DNS Label Pointers Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Libevent DNS Label Pointers Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0647
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1030
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-19

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Libevent, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service [...]

Solution

Upgrade to Libevent version 1.3a :
http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Jon Oberheide

ChangeLog

2007-02-19 : Initial release

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