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<glsa id="200804-26">
  <title>Openfire: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>
    A design error in Openfire might lead to a Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">openfire</product>
  <announced>2008-04-23</announced>
  <revised count="01">2008-04-23</revised>
  <bug>217234</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-im/openfire" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.5.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.5.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Openfire (formerly Wildfire) is a Java implementation of a complete
    Jabber server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Openfire's connection manager in the file ConnectionManagerImpl.java
    cannot handle clients that fail to read messages, and has no limit on
    their session's send buffer.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    Remote authenticated attackers could trigger large outgoing queues
    without reading messages, causing a Denial of Service.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Openfire users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-im/openfire-3.5.0"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1728">CVE-2008-1728</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-04-17T20:09:13Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-04-18T01:33:23Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-18T01:33:32Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>
