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TITLE:
ScatterChat Tor Denial of Service and Traffic Routing

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21725

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21725/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ScatterChat 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/11812/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability and a weakness have been reported in ScatterChat,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information:
SA21708

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.2:
http://www.scatterchat.com/download/v1.0.2/scatterchat-1.0.2.exe

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.scatterchat.com/advisories/2006-02_tech.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21708:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21708/

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