Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4 infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in infinite loop. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0706. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Nicolas Boullis mah-jong 1.4. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in mah-jong 1.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (tight loop).

The weakness was published 09/17/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0706 since 09/02/2003. 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 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 15215 (Debian DSA-378-1 : mah-jong - buffer overflows, denial of service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (23116), Tenable (15215) and SecurityFocus (BID 8557†). Similar entry is available at VDB-20819. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / 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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Nessus ID: 15215
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-378-1 : mah-jong - buffer overflows, denial of service
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OpenVAS ID: 53664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 378-1 (mah-jong)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/07/2003 +5 days 🔍
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09/29/2004 +378 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3606 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20820
SecurityFocus: 8557

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

Created: 08/15/2014 00:58
Updated: 10/08/2024 03:54
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:58 (51), 06/15/2018 08:04 (9), 10/08/2024 03:54 (25)
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Cache ID: 216:660:103

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