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>> ZABBIX "vfs.file.cksum" Request Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : ZABBIX "vfs.file.cksum" Request Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0878
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1353
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-14
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A vulnerability has been identified in ZABBIX, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in "zabbix_agentd" when processing multiple "vfs.file.cksum" requests containing certain arguments (e.g. "/dev/zero" or "/dev/urandom"), which could be exploited to cause a vulnerable agent to exhaust all available memory resources or stop processing new requests, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
ZABBIX version 1.4.4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0878
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Milen Rangelov.
ChangeLog
2008-03-14 : Initial release
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