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Wibu-Systems CodeMeter remote denial of service vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#659515

Original Release Date: 2012-01-12 | Last Revised: 2012-01-16

Overview

Wibu-Systems CodeMeter contains a remote denial of service vulnerability when receiving specially crafted packets.

Description

Wibu-Systems CodeMeter v4.30c and v4.10b contain a remote denial of service vulnerability when receiving specially crafted packets. Wibu-Systems CodeMeter listens on TCP/22350 for incoming connections. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet causing CodeMeter.exe to crash.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker could cause the Wibu-Systems CodeMeter application to crash creating a denial-of-service condition.

Solution

Apply an Update


This vulnerability has been addressed in Wibu-Systems CodeMeter Software v4.40.

Restrict access

Restrict access to the Wibu-Systems CodeMeter network interface to trusted users and networks.

Vendor Information

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kuang-Chun Hung of Information and Communication Security Technology Center for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

CVE IDs: CVE-2011-4057
Severity Metric: 0.14
Date Public: 2012-01-12
Date First Published: 2012-01-12
Date Last Updated: 2012-01-16 14:43 UTC
Document Revision: 27

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