Allaire Coldfusion Server up to 4.5.1 Login Password denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Allaire Coldfusion Server up to 4.5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Login Handler. The manipulation of the argument Password results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0538. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Allaire Coldfusion Server up to 4.5.1. Affected is an unknown code of the component Login Handler. The manipulation of the argument Password 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. CVE summarizes:

ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.

The weakness was disclosed 06/07/2000 with Foundstone as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0538. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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 10581 (Cold Fusion Administration Page Overflow DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10089 (Allaire Macromedia ColdFusion Administration Script DoS Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 908.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4611), Exploit-DB (19996), Tenable (10581), SecurityFocus (BID 1314†) and OSVDB (3399†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10581
Nessus Name: Cold Fusion Administration Page Overflow DoS
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OpenVAS Name: Cold Fusion Administration Page Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 908
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER Adobe Coldfusion administrator access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Organization: Foundstone
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15642
X-Force: 4611
SecurityFocus: 1314 - Allaire ColdFusion Server 4.5.1 Administrator Login Password DoS Vulnerability
OSVDB: 3399 - ColdFusion Administrator Login Page DoS
Vulnerability Center: 151 - DoS in ColdFusion 4.5.1 via Long Login Password, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 11:09
Updated: 10/14/2025 02:40
Changes: 06/25/2014 11:09 (80), 12/20/2024 22:24 (21), 10/14/2025 02:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:0F6:103

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