XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:20548

Info

XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20548
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 16 2006 10:09PM
Credit: n00b is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Xfire Xfire 1.6.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Xfire is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected client application, denying service to legitimate users. Remote code execution may also be possible; this has not been confirmed.

This issue affects version 1.6.4; earlier versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The attacker must send a malicious payload sufficient to exploit this issue to a vulnerable client.

The following proof of concept is available:

Solution / Fix

XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

References

XFire Packet Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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