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TITLE:
Microsoft NetMeeting Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20477

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20477/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Windows NetMeeting 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1813/

DESCRIPTION:
HexView has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft NetMeeting, which
can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
certain received data. This can be exploited to overwrite application
memory, which causes the application to crash or to consume a large
amount of CPU resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.01. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict use of the product to within trusted networks only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
HexView

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.hexview.com/docs/20060606-1.txt

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