Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0/1.1 __VIEWSTATE denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0/1.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument __VIEWSTATE leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1664. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advised to substitute the affected component with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0/1.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument __VIEWSTATE with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The __VIEWSTATE functionality in Microsoft ASP.NET 1.x allows remote attackers to conduct replay attacks to (1) apply a ViewState generated from one view to a different view, (2) reuse ViewState information after the application s state has changed, or (3) use the ViewState to conduct attacks or expose content to third parties.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2005 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1664 since 05/18/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at msdn.microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20409), OSVDB (16196†), Secunia (SA15241†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11085†). The entry VDB-1458 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Patch: msdn.microsoft.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1457
X-Force: 20409 - Microsoft ASP.NET Framework ViewState replay, Medium Risk
Secunia: 15241 - ASP.NET ViewState Denial of Service and Security Bypass, Less Critical
OSVDB: 16196 - Microsoft ASP.NET __VIEWSTATE Functionality Replay Attack
Vulnerability Center: 11085 - Microsoft ASP. NET 1.* _VIEWSTATE Functionality Allows Remote Replay Attacks, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2005 12:00
Updated: 07/02/2019 20:12
Changes: 05/26/2005 12:00 (74), 07/02/2019 20:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:B9E:103

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