TITLE:
Kadu Message Denial of Service Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17764

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Kadu 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5449/

DESCRIPTION:
Michal Gizowski has reported a weakness in Kadu, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
message handling. This can be exploited to freeze or crash a
vulnerable client by sending a specially crafted message with
"rich_text" and image basic information via a Gadu-Gadu server.

The weakness has been reported in versions 0.4.2 and 0.5.0pre. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Michal Gizowski

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