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TITLE:
The Dawn of Time HTTP Authentication Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27083

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27083/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
The Dawn of Time 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/15956/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in The Dawn of Time,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
processing of HTTP authentication requests to restricted areas. This
can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code by sending a
specially crafted username or password to the affected server.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.69s beta4. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the affected server.

The vendor will reportedly fix the vulnerability in the next release.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dawnfs-adv.txt

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