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TITLE:
Blue Coat Director TCP Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35493

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Blue Coat Director, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the TCP implementation
when handling resources. This can be exploited to render existing
connections partially unresponsive and stop new TCP connections from
being accepted via specially crafted TCP packets.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 5.1.4.2 and above, running
on the 510 hardware platform.

SOLUTION:
Please consult the vendor's advisory for potential workaround
information.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Sockstress.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://kb.bluecoat.com/index?page=content&id=SA35

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