eDonkey Clients 0.44/0.45 - Multiple Chat Dialog Resource Consumption Vulnerabilities

Author: Auriemma Luigi
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2003-03-21 
date_updated: 2012-11-04 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-14324 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7164/info

A vulnerability has been reported for eDonkey clients for Windows that will result in a denial of service condition.

The vulnerability occurs when numerous chat dialog boxes are opened by the eDonkey or Overnet clients. Every open chat dialog box will consume a small amount of memory and CPU cycles.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by connecting to a vulnerable eDonkey user and issuing numerous chat requests.

https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/22420.zip