COMMAND
PGP
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
PGP Certificate Server Version 2.5.0, 2.5.1 *Solaris/Windows*
PROBLEM
The Ussr Labs team has discovered a null memory problem in the
PGP Certificate Server. The issue they found is that if anyone
connects to the PGP Certificate Server Command Port (used for
manage Server operations) default (Port 4000) and the server is
unable to resolve your IP address to a host name it will cause
the process containg the services to crash. Example follows.
Denied all the ways to resolve you ip to hostname and connect to
port 4000 in the server. The process containg the services crash
and you will see something like this in the server
http://www.ussrback.com/pgpbug.jpg
SOLUTION
Network Associates has released a patch for this vulnerability.
Users should contact Network Associates Technical Support at
1-800-722-3709 for information.