Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:21295

Info

Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21295
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-4518
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 26 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 28 2006 11:09PM
Credit: This issue was discovered by Michael Sutton of iDefense Labs.
Vulnerable: Qbik WinGate 6.1.4 .1099
Qbik WinGate 6.1.3 .1096
Qbik WinGate 6.1.2 .1094
Qbik WinGate 6.1.1 .1077
Qbik WinGate 6.1
Not Vulnerable: Qbik WinGate 6.2

Discussion

Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Qbik WinGate is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly handle certain DNS requests.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

WinGate 6.1 is reported vulnerable; other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use network utilities to craft a packet that triggers this issue.

Solution / Fix

Qbik WinGate Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue.


Qbik WinGate 6.1

Qbik WinGate 6.1.1 .1077

Qbik WinGate 6.1.2 .1094

Qbik WinGate 6.1.3 .1096

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