VDB-14811 · CVE-1999-1515 · XFDB 3290

TenFour TFS Gateway 4.0 Address denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in TenFour TFS Gateway 4.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Address Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A non-default configuration in TenFour TFS Gateway 4.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via messages with incorrect sender and recipient addresses, which causes the gateway to continuously try to return the message every 10 seconds.

The weakness was released 08/31/1999 by Fable (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1515. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.0 Build 219 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3290). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 14819.

Productinfo

Vendor

TenFour

Name

TFS Gateway

Version

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TFS Gateway 4.0 Build 219

Timelineinfo

08/31/1999 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Fable
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1515 (🔍)
X-Force: 3290 - TFS Gateway settings allow remote denial of service attacks
Vulnerability Center: 6663 - TenFour TFS Gateway 4.0 Allows DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 613 - TFS Gateway 4.0 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 21:48
Updated: 05/28/2019 17:23
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:48 (61), 05/28/2019 17:23 (1)
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