Mirabilis ICQ up to 2003a Build3800 Message Session width resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Mirabilis ICQ (Messaging Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Message Session Handler. The manipulation of the argument width with the input value -1 leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The Message Session window in Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by spoofing the address of an ADS server and sending HTML with a -1 width in a table tag.

The weakness was released 05/27/2003 by Lucas Lavarello with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0238 since 05/01/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11572 (ICQ < 2003b Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11947) and Tenable (11572). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 57, 143, 14432 and 15238.

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

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Nessus ID: 11572
Nessus Name: ICQ < 2003b Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Lucas Lavarello
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0238 (🔍)
X-Force: 11947
Vulnerability Center: 3776 - The Message Session Window in Mirabilis ICQ Allows DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 7465 - Mirabilis ICQ Message Session Window Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 08/11/2014 23:55
Updated: 05/20/2019 06:18
Changes: 08/11/2014 23:55 (66), 05/20/2019 06:18 (5)
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