NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:15645

Info

NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15645
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 29 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: NuFW NuFW 1.1
NuFW NuFW 1.0.15
NuFW NuFW 1.0.14
NuFW NuFW 1.0.13
NuFW NuFW 1.0.12
NuFW NuFW 1.0.11
Not Vulnerable: NuFW NuFW 1.0.16

Discussion

NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

NuFW is susceptible to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle malformed network packets from authenticated users.

This issue results in the 'nuauth' application crashing, denying service to further users.

NuFW versions prior to 1.0.16, as well as the development version 1.1, are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.0.16, and has committed fixes to their SCM system to address this issue:


NuFW NuFW 1.0.11

NuFW NuFW 1.0.12

NuFW NuFW 1.0.13

NuFW NuFW 1.0.14

NuFW NuFW 1.0.15

References

NuFW Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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