phpBB 3.0 Exception denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB 3.0. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Exception Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in phpBB 3.0 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Exception Handler. 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 weakness was published 02/10/2014 by Amir as 65481 as not defined bug report (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91119) and SecurityFocus (BID 65481†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

02/10/2014 🔍
02/11/2014 +1 days 🔍
02/18/2014 +7 days 🔍
03/30/2019 +1866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpbb.com

Advisory: 65481⛔
Researcher: Amir
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12325
X-Force: 91119 - phpBB unspecified denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65481 - phpBB Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2014 10:22
Updated: 03/30/2019 13:17
Changes: 02/18/2014 10:22 (51), 03/30/2019 13:17 (1)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:FFF:103

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