Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-181 - The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : character in the base64-decoded string. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:181
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : ntop
Date : September 14, 2010
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ntop:
The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header
that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string
(CVE-2009-2732).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2732
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Updated Packages:
Corporate 4.0:
ac2ba5221f518d975f33ff3225145ac9 corporate/4.0/i586/ntop-3.2-10.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
cc851391181fd2ee2e663c1db5e284ae corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ntop-3.2-10.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
9b190aa56bff79dbfc5fb919184c1b28 corporate/4.0/x86_64/ntop-3.2-10.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
cc851391181fd2ee2e663c1db5e284ae corporate/4.0/SRPMS/ntop-3.2-10.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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