[SA17754] NuFW Packet Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

TITLE:
NuFW Packet Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17754

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
NuFW 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6265/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NuFW, which can be exploited by
malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in packet parsing. This
can be exploited by an authenticated user to cause a DoS by sending
several specially crafted packets to the firewall.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.15 and prior, and
in development version 1.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.16.
http://www.nufw.org/-Downloads-.html

The development version has been fixed in the CVS repositories.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.nufw.org/-News-.html

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