I had the same problem. It took ~ 3 minutes to download the patch which is under a meg. I would guess everyone is trying to get the patch at once.
Dan Eyster Lockheed Martin Space Ops MCP+I, MCSE NT 4.0/2000 (717) 705-5140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This confidential message/attachment contains information intended for a specific individual(s) and purpose. Any inappropriate use, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If received in error, notify the sender and immediately delete the message. -----Original Message----- From: Wittke, Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] whatsup denial of service vulnerablity can anyone explain the speed of ipswitchs ftp server (0.3kb/sec)? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hejna, Maria Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] whatsup denial of service vulnerablity Department of Homeland Security IAIP Directorate Can anyone explain the email that was sent to me below and will the hotfix 2 for Whatsup Gold 8.03 fix the vulnerability issue. Please advise and thanks, -Maria Hejna Buffalostate College Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report for 20 September 2004 Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector 23. September 16, iDEFENSE â Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold remote denial of service vulnerability. Remote exploitation of a denial of service vulnerability in Ipswitch Inc.'s WhatsUp Gold version versions 8.03 and the latest version 8.03 Hotfix 1 allows attackers to cause the application to crash. Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the WhatsUp Gold application. A patch is available at: http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WhatsUp/patchâupgrades.html Source: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/ >rjyjÒâ >W+a 00!rix%lÙÞé_+%@ Ü+ÞabØjya 0j!olX*l+\& Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
