GNU Gatekeeper before 3.1 does not limit the number of connections to the status port, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection and thread consumption) via a large number of connections.Referenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/4https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77975http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/27/1http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55198http://secunia.com/advisories/50343http://www.gnugk.org/gnugk-3.1.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/25/3http://www.osvdb.org/84862http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00070.html
