Vulnerability Note VU#12345

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Vulnerability Note VU#12345

Full Disclosure DoS vulnerability

Overview
A vulnerability in the way the mailinglist 'Full disclosure' handles
'n3td3v' packets could result in a remotely exploitable denial of
service.


I. Description
'Full disclosure' does not properly handle trolling packets, which can
render the service useless. Upon receiving a trolling message the
system response with a huge number of disapproval-messages. The
magnitude of these disapproval-messages will cause a client to stop
listening to the service.


II. Impact
An attacker can render 'Full disclosure' useless.


III. Solution
Clients of 'Full disclosure' should drop trolling messages of 'n3td3v'
or others instead of sending a response of disapproval.


Vendor          Status       Date Updated
Full-discluse   Vulnerable   28-Apr-2008

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