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SafeNet Sentinel Protection Installer Long Request DoS Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is running Sentinel Protection Installer and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to a boundary error in Sentinel Keys Server within the 'sntlkeyssrvr.exe' when handling long requests, can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly-long request.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Sentinel Protection Installer version 7.6.5 (sntlkeyssrvr.exe v1.3.1.3)

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.