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A vulnerability was found in aMSN (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

aMSN (aka Alvaro s Messenger) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client hang and termination of client s instant-messaging session) by repeatedly sending crafted data to the default file-transfer port (TCP 6891).

The weakness was presented 01/01/2006 by Braulio Miguel Suarez Urquijo (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securiteam.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0138 since 01/09/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61670 (Fedora 17 : amsn-0.98.9-4.fc17 (2012-12151)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

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 (25078) and Tenable (61670).

Productinfo

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

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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Nessus ID: 61670
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : amsn-0.98.9-4.fc17 (2012-12151)
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OpenVAS ID: 864662
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for amsn FEDORA-2012-12151
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securiteam.com⛔
Researcher: Braulio Miguel Suarez Urquijo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0138 (🔍)
X-Force: 25078
Vulnerability Center: 40979 - aMSN Remote DoS Vulnerability via Sending Crafted Data to TCP Port 6891, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55381 - aMSN CVE-2006-0138 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 22186 - aMSN Messenger File Transfer Remote DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/07/2021 12:57
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (60), 05/08/2017 09:05 (12), 07/07/2021 12:57 (3)
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