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TITLE:
datatrac Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15291

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
datatrac 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5062/

DESCRIPTION:
eric basher has reported a vulnerability in datatrac, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the communication
handling. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable service by
sending a specially crafted overly long text string.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.1. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter access to the listening port.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
eric basher

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