Gentoo: 200401-06 Critical Vulnerability in ypserv Causes Remote DoS
gentoo
July 11, 2003
ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denialof service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server,which causes ypserv to block.
Summary
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quote from CVE:
"ypserv NIS server before 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP client request that does not respond to the server, which causes ypserv to block."
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-nds/ypserv upgrade to ypserv-2.8 as follows
emerge sync emerge ypserv emerge clean
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PACKAGE : ypserv
SUMMARY : denial of service
DATE : 2003-07-11 14:27 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =ypserv-2.8
CVE : CAN-2003-0251
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