Double Precision Incorporated Courier MTA 0.38.1 Message Year resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Double Precision Incorporated Courier MTA 0.38.1. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument Year with the input -1 leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0914. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Double Precision Incorporated Courier MTA 0.38.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument year with the input value -1 leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Double Precision Courier e-mail MTA allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a message with an extremely large or negative value for the year, which causes a tight loop.

The bug was discovered 05/20/2002. The weakness was released 05/31/2002 by 3APA3A (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0914. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9228), SecurityFocus (BID 4908†) and OSVDB (5052†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/20/2002 🔍
05/31/2002 +11 days 🔍
05/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2002 +1 days 🔍
10/04/2002 +125 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +552 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +3763 days 🔍
04/18/2019 +1724 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: 3APA3A
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0914 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0914
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18851
X-Force: 9228 - Courier MTA long year denial of service
SecurityFocus: 4908 - Courier MTA Long Year Remote Resource Consumption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5052 - Double Precision Courier MTA Invalid Year DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 11:10
Updated: 04/18/2019 16:39
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:10 (58), 04/18/2019 16:39 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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