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Blubster Denial of Service Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA9598  
Release Date: 2003-08-25

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Blubster 2.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Blubster allowing malicious people to cause a Denial of Service on the application.

The problem is that Blubster fails to handle a large number of requests on port 701/tcp. This may cause the appliaction to crash.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.5. However, prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Use a firewall or personal firewall to block offending IP addresses.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Luca Ercoli



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