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TITLE:
Ipswitch Instant Messaging IMServer Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28824

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28824/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ipswitch Instant Messaging 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/14854/
Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5167/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in Ipswitch Instant
Messaging, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the IMServer service
(IMServer.exe) and can be exploited to crash the service via a
specially crafted packet sent to default port 5177/TCP.

NOTE: Other errors have also been reported e.g. a format-string error
in the logging function.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.08 and is also reported
to affect the IM clients. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use in a trusted network environment only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

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

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