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DeleGate DNS Response Denial of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detetermines the version of the remote DeleGate proxy

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A rogue DNS server may crash the remote proxy.

Description :

The remote host is running Delegate, a multi-application proxy.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a denial of service
when processing invalid DNS responses. A possible hacker may exploit this flaw to
disable this service remotely.

To exploit this flaw, a possible hacker would need to be able to inject malformed
DNS responses to the queries sent by the remote application.

Solution :

Upgrade to DeleGate 8.11.6 or newer.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 17691

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