Andreas Gohr DokuWiki prior Release 2006-03-09e lib/exec/fetch.php denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Andreas Gohr DokuWiki Release 2006-03-05/Release 2006-03-09/Release 2006-03-09e (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function in the library lib/exec/fetch.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

lib/exec/fetch.php in DokuWiki before 2006-03-09e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via large w and h parameters, when resizing an image.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2006. The weakness was disclosed 09/29/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5098 since 09/29/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:lib/exec/fetch.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22489 (FreeBSD : dokuwiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (450b76ee-5068-11db-a5ae-00508d6a62df)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version Release 2006-03-09e eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29282) and Tenable (22489). The entry 32558 is pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 22489
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : dokuwiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (450b76ee-5068-11db-a5ae-00508d6a62df)
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OpenVAS ID: 57472
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: dokuwiki
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Upgrade: DokuWiki Release 2006-03-09e

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Advisory: security.gentoo.org
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CVE: CVE-2006-5098 (🔍)
X-Force: 29282
Vulnerability Center: 12835 - DokuWiki Remote Denial of Service Via Large Parameters When Resizing an Image, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20257 - DokuWiki With ImageMagick Remote Command Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22192
OSVDB: 29288 - DokuWiki fetch.php denial of service
Vupen: ADV-2006-3851

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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/09/2019 06:25
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (74), 07/09/2019 06:25 (9)
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