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>> Netembryo "Url_init()" URL Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Netembryo "Url_init()" URL Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0012
CVE ID : CVE-2007-6630
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-02
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A vulnerability has been identified in Netembryo, which could be exploited by remote attackes to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by a NULL pointer dereference error in the "Url_init()" [utils/url.c] function when processing a specially crafted URL containing the ":" character, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Netembryo version 0.0.4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0012
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/fengulo-adv.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma.
ChangeLog
2008-01-02 : Initial release
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