Apple Darwin Streaming Server 10.2.8 Service BufferIsFull denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Darwin Streaming Server 10.2.8 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function BufferIsFull of the component Service. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0169. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Darwin Streaming Server 10.2.8. Affected is the function BufferIsFull of the component Service. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.

The bug was discovered 12/08/2003. The weakness was presented 02/23/2004 by iDefense with iDEFENSE as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0169. 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 and a exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.nl. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36968 (FreeBSD : Darwin Streaming Server denial-of-service vulnerability (c7cad0f0-671a-11d8-bdeb-000a95bc6fae)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2442.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15291), Tenable (36968), SecurityFocus (BID 9735†), OSVDB (6826†) and Secunia (SA10956†). See VDB-82044 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 36968
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Darwin Streaming Server denial-of-service vulnerability (c7cad0f0-671a-11d8-bdeb-000a95bc6fae)
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OpenVAS ID: 52512
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: DarwinStreamingServer
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2442
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12/08/2003 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21648
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X-Force: 15291
SecurityFocus: 9735 - Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server DESCRIBE Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10956 - Quicktime/Darwin Streaming Server DESCRIBE Request Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 6826 - Apple Darwin Streaming Server User-Agent Overflow DoS
Vulnerability Center: 21912 - Apple QuickTime Streaming Server 4.1.3 Remote DoS Vulnerability via DESCRIBE Requests, Medium

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

Created: 10/15/2014 15:31
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:01
Changes: 10/15/2014 15:31 (81), 09/03/2019 06:53 (11), 12/15/2024 21:01 (18)
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