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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200406-19">
<title>giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack</title>
<synopsis>
There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the
giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">giFT-FastTrack</product>
<announced>2004-06-24</announced>
<revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
<bug>54452</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-p2p/gift-fasttrack" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.8.7</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">0.8.6</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It
allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in
version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT
daemon.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="low">
<p>
Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service
attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All users should upgrade to the latest available version of
gift-fasttrack:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv "&gt;=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"
# emerge "&gt;=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://gift-fasttrack.berlios.de/">giFT-FastTrack announcement</uri>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0604">CVE-2004-0604</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>