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TITLE:
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold SNMP Smart Scan Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45142

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-07

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when handling
SNMP responses during the discovery process and can be exploited to
crash the Discovery Service via a specially crafted SNMP response.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 14.4.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 14.4.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://docs.ipswitch.com/NM/82_WhatsUp%20Gold%20v14.4/01_Release%20Notes/14.4.1/index.htm

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