VUPEN Security - neon "parse_domain()" Function Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : neon "parse_domain()" Function Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2420
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3746
CWE ID : CWE-476
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-25

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A vulnerability has been identified in neon, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by a NULL pointer dereference error in the "parse_domain()" function when processing malformed data, which could allow attackers to cause a vulnerable application to crash bu tricking a user into connecting to a malicious server.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Yves-Alexis.

ChangeLog

2008-08-25 : Initial release

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