Nortel Contivity 1.0 cgiproc Metacharacter denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nortel Contivity 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file cgiproc. The manipulation as part of Metacharacter results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0064. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Nortel Contivity 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the file cgiproc. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter 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:

cgiproc CGI script in Nortel Contivity HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed URL that includes shell metacharacters.

The weakness was disclosed 01/17/2000 by John Daniele (FIRST) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0064. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10160 (Nortel Contivity HTTP Server cgiproc Special Character DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 43002 (Nortel Contivity Denial of Service and File Viewing Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1763. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1004.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4317), Tenable (10160), SecurityFocus (BID 938†), OSVDB (7583†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-90†). The entry VDB-15251 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 10160
Nessus Name: Nortel Contivity HTTP Server cgiproc Special Character DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1763
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Nortel Contivity cgiproc DOS attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: John Daniele (FIRST)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0064 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0064
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15252
X-Force: 4317
SecurityFocus: 938 - Nortel Contivity Denial of Service and File Viewing Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 7583 - Nortel Contivity HTTP Server cgiproc Arbitrary File Access
Vulnerability Center: 90 - DoS in Nortel HTTP Server via Malformed URL, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 15:44
Updated: 05/04/2019 21:30
Changes: 06/23/2014 15:44 (79), 05/04/2019 21:30 (3)
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