metadata/glsa/glsa-200406-19.xml

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<glsa id="200406-19">
  <title>giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack</title>
  <synopsis>
    There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the
    giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">giFT-FastTrack</product>
  <announced>June 24, 2004</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>54452</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-p2p/gift-fasttrack" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.7</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">0.8.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It
    allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in
    version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT
    daemon.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service
    attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
    upgrade to the latest available version.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All users should upgrade to the latest available version of
    gift-fasttrack:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7&quot;
    # emerge &quot;&gt;=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://gift-fasttrack.berlios.de/">giFT-FastTrack announcement</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0604">CVE-2004-0604</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>