Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:662

Info

Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 662
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 26 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 26 1999 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was found by Brock Tellier <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Knox Software Arkeia 4.1
Knox Software Arkeia 4.0
+ SuSE Linux 6.2
Not Vulnerable: Knox Software Arkeia 4.2

Discussion

Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the nlservd executable from the Arkiea backup application allows remote users to shut it down by sending it large amounts of input over the network.

This may possibly be a remote root buffer overflow.

Exploit / POC

Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Connect the the port nlservd is listening to and send it a long string. It will crash.

Solution / Fix

Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Upgrade to version 4.2 of Arkeia. You can download it from http://www.arkeia.com/download.html .

References

Arkiea Backup nlserverd Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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