Description
GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection and thread consumption) via a large number of connections.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50343 ↗
- http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/84862 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html ↗