Atrium Software Cassandra NNTPServer 1.10 Login denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Atrium Software Cassandra NNTPServer 1.10 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Login Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2000-0341. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Atrium Software Cassandra NNTPServer 1.10. This affects an unknown part of the component Login Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. The summary by CVE is:

ATRIUM Cassandra NNTP Server 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login name.

The weakness was released 05/01/2000 by Ussr Labs as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0341. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10388 (Cassandra NNTP Server Login Name Remote Overflow DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 54004 (Atrium Software Cassandra NNTP Server 1.10 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1538.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4410), Exploit-DB (19884), Tenable (10388), SecurityFocus (BID 1156†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-122†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Nessus ID: 10388
Nessus Name: Cassandra NNTP Server Login Name Remote Overflow DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1538
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-NNTP AUTHINFO USER overflow attempt
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Suricata ID: 2101538
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Ussr Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0341 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0341
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15501
X-Force: 4410
SecurityFocus: 1156 - Cassandra NNTPServer v1.10 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 122 - DOS ATRIUM Cassandra NNT, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 13:05
Updated: 10/16/2025 12:08
Changes: 06/24/2014 13:05 (74), 05/05/2019 07:22 (1), 02/01/2025 23:40 (27), 10/16/2025 12:08 (2)
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