mod_survey up to 3.0.15pre6 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in mod_survey. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1462. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in mod_survey (Survey Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

mod_survey 3.0.0 through 3.0.15-pre6 does not check whether a survey exists before creating a subdirectory for it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and possible crash).

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1462 since 10/24/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11861) and SecurityFocus (BID 7498†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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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: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/05/2003 🔍
12/31/2003 +240 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +0 days 🔍
10/24/2007 +1393 days 🔍
09/01/2014 +2504 days 🔍
06/17/2018 +1385 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-1462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21380
X-Force: 11861 - Mod_Survey request for non-existent survey denial of service
SecurityFocus: 7498 - Mod_Survey SYSBASE Disk Resource Consumption Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2014 16:40
Updated: 06/17/2018 09:34
Changes: 09/01/2014 16:40 (47), 06/17/2018 09:34 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:590:103

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