VDB-19046 · CVE-2002-0707 · BID 5854

SurfControl Superscout Web Filter 3.0 Web Reports Server resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SurfControl Superscout Web Filter 3.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web Reports Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Web Reports Server for SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via large GET requests, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

The weakness was released 10/10/2002 by Matt Moore with WESTPOINT as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0707. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 19044, 19045, 19047 and 19048.

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  • end of life (old version)

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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10/02/2002 🔍
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07/30/2014 +4311 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Matt Moore
Organization: WESTPOINT
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0707 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 5854 - SurfControl SuperScout WebFilter Malformed GET Request DoS Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2014 13:02
Changes: 07/30/2014 13:02 (53)
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