1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200406-19 / giFT-FastTrack |
| Release Date | June 24, 2004 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | low |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-p2p/gift-fasttrack | <= 0.8.6 | >= 0.8.7 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #54452
There is a vulnerability where a carefully crafted signal sent to the giFT-FastTrack plugin will cause the giFT daemon to crash.
giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files.
Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT daemon.
Attackers may use this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack against the giFT daemon. There is no risk of code execution.
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.
All users should upgrade to the latest available version of gift-fasttrack:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge sync # emerge -pv ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7" # emerge ">=net-p2p/gift-fasttrack-0.8.7" |