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A vulnerability was found in PY Active Webcam 5.5. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file webcam.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
PY Software Active Webcam WebServer (webcam.exe) 5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and process crash) via a large number of HTTP requests.
The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0734 since 03/12/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17320 (Active WebCam Webserver <= 5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DoS, Path Disc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19653) and Tenable (17320). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 24070, 24595, 24594 and 24593.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory allocationCWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17320
Nessus Name: Active WebCam Webserver <= 5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DoS, Path Disc)
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Timeline
03/10/2005 🔍03/12/2005 🔍
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03/10/2015 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-0734 (🔍)
X-Force: 19653
Secunia: 14553 - Active Webcam Denial of Service and Local File Detection, Moderately Critical
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 23:05Updated: 07/01/2021 20:27
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (49), 07/22/2017 10:27 (7), 07/01/2021 20:27 (3)
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