Cauldron Chaser Server up to 1.50 UDP Packet length denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cauldron Chaser Server up to 1.50. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation of the argument length leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-0247. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Cauldron Chaser Server up to 1.50. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component UDP Packet Handler. The manipulation of the argument length with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The client and server of Chaser 1.50 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash via exception) via a UDP packet with a length field that is greater than the actual data length, which causes Chaser to read unexpected memory.

The weakness was released 11/23/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0247. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.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 (15031), Exploit-DB (23641) and SecurityFocus (BID 9567†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Cauldron

Name

• Chaser Server

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50

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