Perlbal 1.60 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Perlbal 1.60 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Perlbal before 1.70, when buffered upload is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a zero-byte chunked upload.

The bug was discovered 03/31/2008. The weakness was released 03/27/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1532 since 03/27/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31713 (Fedora 7 : Perlbal-1.70-1.fc7 (2008-2788)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.60 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 (41538) and Tenable (31713). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 41833.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31713
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : Perlbal-1.70-1.fc7 (2008-2788)
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OpenVAS ID: 860824
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Perlbal 1.60

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1532 (🔍)
X-Force: 41538
Vulnerability Center: 18095 - Perlbal <1.70 Denial of Service via zero-byte Chunked Upload, Low
SecurityFocus: 28491 - Perlbal Buffered Upload Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29565
OSVDB: 43913 - CVE-2008-1532 - Perlbal - Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1045

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/08/2019 08:31
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/08/2019 08:31 (8)
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