Brown Bear iCal 3.7 HTTP Request ICAL.EXE HTTP Method denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Brown Bear iCal 3.7. This impacts an unknown function of the file ICAL.EXE of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation as part of HTTP Method results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-1263. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Brown Bear iCal 3.7. This affects some unknown processing of the file ICAL.EXE of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Method 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:

ICAL.EXE in iCal 3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed HTTP request, possibly due to an invalid method name.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 by Securma Massine (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1263 since 11/16/2005. 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 and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (10973), Exploit-DB (22117), SecurityFocus (BID 6506†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4781†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Timelineinfo

01/03/2003 🔍
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12/31/2003 +362 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +0 days 🔍
07/19/2004 +201 days 🔍
11/16/2005 +485 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3201 days 🔍
01/28/2025 +3812 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Securma Massine
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21195
X-Force: 10973
SecurityFocus: 6506 - iCal Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4781 - DoS in iCal 3.7 via the ICAL.EXE Module, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 16:15
Updated: 01/28/2025 15:34
Changes: 08/22/2014 16:15 (58), 05/23/2019 11:16 (2), 01/28/2025 15:34 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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