[ GLSA 200904-13 ] Ventrilo: Denial of Service

[Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200904-13
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Ventrilo: Denial of Service
      Date: April 14, 2009
      Bugs: #234819
        ID: 200904-13

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Synopsis
========

A vulnerability has been discovered in Ventrilo, allowing for a Denial
of Service.

Background
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Ventrilo is a Voice over IP group communication server.

Affected packages
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     Package                          /  Vulnerable  /      Unaffected
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  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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Ventrilo users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=media-sound/ventrilo-server-bin-3.0.3"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-3680
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3680

Availability
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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 () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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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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