SBLim-SFCB Malformed Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14972
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 29 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	sblim sblim-sfcb 0.9.1 sblim sblim-sfcb 0.9.0
Not Vulnerable:	sblim sblim-sfcb 0.9.2

SBLim-SFCB Malformed Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

sblim-sfcb is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to handle malformed headers.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to deny service to legitimate users.

SBLim-SFCB Malformed Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

SBLim-SFCB Malformed Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in sblim-sfcb version 0.9.2:


sblim sblim-sfcb 0.9.0

• sblim sblim-sfcb-0.9.2.tar.bz2
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sblim/sblim-sfcb-0.9.2.tar.bz2?down load

sblim sblim-sfcb 0.9.1

• sblim sblim-sfcb-0.9.2.tar.bz2
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sblim/sblim-sfcb-0.9.2.tar.bz2?down load

SBLim-SFCB Malformed Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• sblim Homepage (sblim)
  
• sblim-sfcb 0.9.2 Changelog (sblim)