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GLSA-200406-19 : giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14530

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-19 (giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack)

 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.
 Impact :

 Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Solution

All users should upgrade to the latest available version of gift-fasttrack:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7' # emerge '>=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7'

See Also

http://gift-fasttrack.berlios.de/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14530

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-19.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gift-fasttrack, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0604

GLSA: 200406-19