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GLSA-200804-26 : Openfire: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32046

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-26 (Openfire: Denial of Service)

 Openfire's connection manager in the file ConnectionManagerImpl.java cannot handle clients that fail to read messages, and has no limit on their session's send buffer.
 Impact :

 Remote authenticated attackers could trigger large outgoing queues without reading messages, causing a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Openfire users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/openfire-3.5.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-26

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32046

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-26.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openfire, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1728

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200804-26