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TITLE:
iputils rarpd Replies Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25061

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
iputils
http://secunia.com/product/14081/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within rarpd
when handling certain packets. This can be exploited to stop the
rarpd from responding by sending specially crafted replies.

SOLUTION:
Use in trusted network environments only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a SUSE advisory.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0007.html

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