[SA19163] Novell BorderManager Proxy Potential Denial of Service

TITLE:
Novell BorderManager Proxy Potential Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19163

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Novell Bordermanager 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/378/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in BorderManager, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to unspecified errors in the proxy
when handling invalid content type or when handling media streaming
over HTTP 1.1. This can potentially be exploited to cause abnormal
termination of the proxy service.

SOLUTION:
Apply POST SP4 Interim Release-2a or later.
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972993.htm

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972993.htm

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