[ GLSA 200406-19 ] giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack

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giFT-FastTrack: remote denial of service attack

Background giFT-FastTrack is a plugin for the giFT file-sharing application. It allows giFT users to connect to the fasttrack network to share files. Description Alan Fitton found a vulnerability in the giFT-FastTrack plugin in version 0.8.6 and earlier. It can be used to remotely crash the giFT...

Remote Denial of Service of HTTP server and client

giFT-FastTrack is susceptible to a remote Denial of Service attack which could allow a remote attacker to render HTTP services unusable. According to the developers, no code execution is possible; however, they recommend an immediate upgrade...