eMule Malformed Data Handling Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11473

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Synopsis

The remote P2P application is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

It was possible to disable the remote eMule client by connecting to this port and sending malformed data.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.27c of eMule.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/316185

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11473

File Name: emule_dos.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Published: 3/25/2003

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2003

Reference Information

BID: 7189