KaZaA Advertisement Response Denial of Service Vulnerability
BID:6747
Info
KaZaA Advertisement Response Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 6747 |
| Class: | Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Feb 03 2003 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Feb 03 2003 12:00AM |
| Credit: | The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Marc Ruef <[email protected]>. |
| Vulnerable: |
KaZaA KaZaA Media Desktop 2.0 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
KaZaA Advertisement Response Denial of Service Vulnerability
A vulnerability has been discovered in KaZaA Media Desktop v2. When a KaZaA client establishes a connection with the server, an advertisement download request is made.
It has been reported that KaZaA fails to sufficiently handle unsuspected responses to ad requests. As a result, it may be possible to crash a vulnerable KaZaA client by sending malicious responses.
A vulnerability has been discovered in KaZaA Media Desktop v2. When a KaZaA client establishes a connection with the server, an advertisement download request is made.
It has been reported that KaZaA fails to sufficiently handle unsuspected responses to ad requests. As a result, it may be possible to crash a vulnerable KaZaA client by sending malicious responses.
Solution / Fix
KaZaA Advertisement Response 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 are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.
References
KaZaA Advertisement Response Denial of Service Vulnerability
References:
References:
- KaZaA Homepage (KaZaA)
- Denial of service against Kazaa Media Desktop v2 (Marc Ruef