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TITLE:
Peer-to-Peer Chat and File Sharing Application (PrivaShare) Denial of
Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15933

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15933/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Peer-to-Peer Chat and File Sharing Application (PrivaShare) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5337/

DESCRIPTION:
basher13 has discovered a vulnerability in PrivaShare, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing malformed
data received during a connection request. This can be exploited to
crash the application.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter access so that only trusted IP addresses can connect to the
service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
basher13

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://k.domaindlx.com/shellcore/advisories.asp?bug_report=display&infamous_group=66

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