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TITLE:
LIVE555 Media Server "parseRTSPRequestString()" Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27711

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27711/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
LIVE555 Media Server
http://secunia.com/product/16578/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in LIVE555 Media Server,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within
"parseRTSPRequestString()" and can be exploited to crash the server
via a small RTSP query.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2007.11.01. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2007.11.18.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/live555x-adv.txt

Live Networks:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt

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