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Arkeia Large TCP Packet Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9824
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Release Date:
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2003-09-24
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Popularity:
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4,418 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Arkeia Network Backup 5.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Arkeia, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain system access.
The problem is that Arkeia fails to handle long, specially crafted packets sent to port 617/tcp. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Exploit code has been released.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.1.12 and prior.
Solution:
The vendor has informed Secunia that the vulnerability will be fixed in version 5.1.15. This will be released on 24th September 2003.
http://www.arkeia.com/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
A. C.
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