TITLE:
NuFW TLS Socket Handling Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19046
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CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
NuFW 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6265/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NuFW, which can be exploited by
malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
blocking TLS sockets. This can be exploited by an authenticated user
to cause the authentication server "nuauth" to stop responding by
generating a lot of network traffic.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 1.0.21.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.21.
http://www.nufw.org/-Downloads-.html
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.nufw.org/+NuFW-1-21-minor-security-fix+.html
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