10257 : Multiple Jabber Client Malformed Byte Sequence DoS
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about 1 year ago

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Disclosure
Sep 19, 2004

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Sep 19, 2004

Solution
Unknown

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Description

 jabberd and jadc2s contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to the parsing of XML messages. By sending a malformed byte sequence of 0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF to certain sockets, a remote attacker could cause the application to crash, resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Contact your vendor for an appropriate upgrade. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Rob Norris
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jabberd
Watch-list
 1.4.3
jadc2s
Watch-list
 0.9.0

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  • José Antonio Calvo - joshBrand New Doo Dooescomposlinux.org -

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