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PCWorks: Microsoft NetMeeting Denial of Service Vulnerability
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2006-06-09 04:51:33
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TITLE:
Microsoft NetMeeting Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20477

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/20477/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Windows NetMeeting 3.x
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/1813/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability in Microsoft NetMeeting, which can be
exploited
by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
handling
of
certain received data. This can be exploited to overwrite
application
memory, which causes the application to crash or to consume
a
large
amount of CPU resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.01. Other
versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict use of the product to within trusted networks only.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www
.hexview.com/docs/20060606-1.txt
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