VDB-20539 · CVE-2003-0293 · EDB 22602

Palm PalmOS ICMP Echo denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palm PalmOS. This affects an unknown part of the component ICMP Echo Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0293. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Palm PalmOS (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ICMP Echo Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

PalmOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of ICMP echo request (ping) packets.

The weakness was shared 06/16/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0293 since 05/14/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (22602). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Palm

Name

PalmOS

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

05/14/2003 🔍
06/16/2003 +33 days 🔍
06/16/2003 +0 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +4074 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +3789 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0293 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0293
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20539
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 01:05
Updated: 12/25/2024 11:34
Changes: 08/12/2014 01:05 (46), 05/03/2019 16:57 (1), 12/25/2024 11:34 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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