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iParty

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Shuts down a iParty server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
iParty is an audio/text chat program for Windows.
The iParty server listens on port 6004 for client requests. If someone
connects to it and sends a large amount of ASCII 255 chars, the server
will close itself and disconnect all the current users.

Network Security Threat Level: Low / Medium

Solution : Upgrade

Networks Security ID: 6844

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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