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amsn: denial of service

Package(s):

amsn

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-0138

Created:

August 27, 2012

Updated:

August 29, 2012

Description:

From the CVE entry:

aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client hang and termination of client's instant-messaging session) by repeatedly sending crafted data to the default file-transfer port (TCP 6891).

Alerts:

Fedora

FEDORA-2012-12151

2012-08-26

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