CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Echo and Chargen (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability (Storm). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
echo and chargen or other combinations of udp services can be used in tandem to flood the server a.k.a. udp bomb or udp packet storm.
The weakness was presented 02/08/1996 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0103. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/05/2019). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.
It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10198 (Quote of the Day (QOTD) Service Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Service detection, running in the context r and relying on port 17.
The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 271.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8566) and Tenable (10198).
Product
Type
Name
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Name: StormClass: Denial of service / Storm
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 10198
Nessus Name: Quote of the Day (QOTD) Service Detection
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OpenVAS ID: 10043
OpenVAS Name: Chargen
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MetaSploit ID: chargen_probe.rb
MetaSploit Name: Chargen Probe Utility
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: DisableStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 271
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER UDP echo+chargen bomb
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Timeline
02/08/1996 🔍02/08/1996 🔍
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06/17/2014 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.govStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0103 (🔍)
X-Force: 8566
Vulnerability Center: 211 - UDP Bomb Using Echo, Chargen and Other UDP Services, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/17/2014 16:50Updated: 05/05/2019 16:12
Changes: 06/17/2014 16:50 (74), 05/05/2019 16:12 (2)
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