Description
The decryption function in Flagship Industries Ventrilo 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) by sending a type 0 packet with an invalid version followed by another packet to TCP port 3784.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Ventrilo 3.0.2 - Null Pointer Remote Denial of Service EDB-6237 · dos · Aug 13, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ventrilo-packets-dos(44428) vdb-entry
- GLSA-200904-13 vendor-advisory
- 20080813 NULL pointer in Ventrilo 3.0.2 mailing-list
- 4156 third-party-advisory
- 6237 exploit
- 34696 third-party-advisory
- http://aluigi.org/poc/ventrilobotomy.zip
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ventrilobotomy-adv.txt
- 31466 third-party-advisory
- 30675 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2365 vdb-entry