[SA18938] EmuLinker Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

TITLE:
EmuLinker Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18938

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http://secunia.com/advisories/18938/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
EmuLinker 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/8157/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of
certain network packets. This can be exploited to leave a "ghost
game" on the server that will eventually result in a DoS via a
specially-crafted packet.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 0.99.17.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.99.17.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=127754&package_id=139844

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=394690&group_id=127754

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