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Subject:    [SA12398] Chat Anywhere User Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability
From:       Secunia Security Advisories <sec-adv () secunia ! com>
Date:       2004-08-31 9:49:39
Message-ID: 200408310949.i7V9nd3j010547 () secunia ! com
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TITLE:
Chat Anywhere User Flooding Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12398

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12398/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Chat Anywhere 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3163/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante have discovered a vulnerability in
Chat Anywhere, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).

It is possible to flood a channel with fake users and thereby cause
the system to become unstable and consume a large amount of CPU
resources on client systems.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.72a. Prior versions
are reportedly also affected.

SOLUTION:
Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/ChatAnywhere2.72a-adv.txt

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