- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Ventrilo: Denial of Service Date: April 14, 2009 Bugs: #234819 ID: 200904-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability has been discovered in Ventrilo, allowing for a Denial of Service. Background ========== Ventrilo is a Voice over IP group communication server. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin < 3.0.3 >= 3.0.3 Description =========== Luigi Auriemma reported a NULL pointer dereference in Ventrilo when processing packets with an invalid version number followed by another packet. Impact ====== A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to the server, resulting in a crash. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Ventrilo users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin-3.0.3" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-3680 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3680 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-13.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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