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netkit-rwho: missing input validation

Package(s):netkit-rwho CVE #(s):CAN-2004-1180
Created:February 11, 2005 Updated:February 17, 2005
Description: "Vlad902" discovered a vulnerability in the rwhod program that can be used to crash the listening process. The broadcasting one is unaffected. This vulnerability only affects little endian architectures (i.e. on Debian: alpha, arm, alpha, ia64, i386, mipsel and s390).
Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2005:039 2005-02-16
Debian DSA-678-1 2005-02-11
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