VDB-15680 · CVE-2000-0504 · BID 1369

Open Group X11r6 3.3.3/3.3.4/3.3.5/3.3.6/4.0 libICE SKIP_STRING denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Open Group X11r6 3.3.3/3.3.4/3.3.5/3.3.6/4.0. Affected by this issue is the function SKIP_STRING in the library libICE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

libICE in XFree86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying a large value which is not properly checked by the SKIP_STRING macro.

The weakness was published 06/19/2000 by Chris Evans as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0504. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at 15684.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Chris Evans
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0504 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 1369 - libICE Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 12:31
Updated: 04/13/2017 12:26
Changes: 06/25/2014 12:31 (50), 04/13/2017 12:26 (7)
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