TITLE:
Emdros Create/Update Object Type Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12486

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12486/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Emdros 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3877/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Emdros, which can be exploited
by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak in the
"CFeatureDeclaration::TypeTypeCompatibility()" function. This can be
exploited to consume available system resources by issuing a large
amount of malformed "CREATE OBJECT TYPE" or "UPDATE OBJECT TYPE"
statements.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.20.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37219

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=981660&group_id=37219&atid=419458

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