Polycom Viavideo 2.2/3.0 HTTP Request resource consumption

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Polycom Viavideo 2.2/3.0. Affected is an unknown code of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The web server for Polycom ViaVideo 2.2 and 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending incomplete HTTP requests and leaving the connections open.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2002 with ISC (Website). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1906 since 06/29/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11825 (Polycom ViaVideo Web Server Incomplete HTTP Connection Saturation Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10360) and Tenable (11825). See 19547 for similar entry.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 11825
Nessus Name: Polycom ViaVideo Web Server Incomplete HTTP Connection Saturation Remote DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11825
OpenVAS Name: Polycom ViaVideo denial of service
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Recommended: Patch
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10/13/2002 🔍
10/15/2002 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +77 days 🔍
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09/01/2003 +244 days 🔍
10/16/2003 +45 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +622 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +3324 days 🔍
05/16/2019 +1745 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com
Organization: ISC
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1906 (🔍)
X-Force: 10360
Vulnerability Center: 2489 - DoS in Polycom ViaVideo via Multiple Incomplete HTTP Requests, Medium
SecurityFocus: 5962 - Polycom ViaVideo Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 08/05/2014 10:49
Updated: 05/16/2019 06:45
Changes: 08/05/2014 10:49 (71), 05/16/2019 06:45 (1)
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