3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 Error Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0278. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation 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 confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The FTP service in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 revision 10 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a cd command that contains an MS-DOS device name, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

The bug was discovered 01/04/2005. The weakness was published 05/02/2005 by Sowhat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0278 since 02/10/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16321 (3Com 3CServer/3CDaemon FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, FS, PD, DoS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3450.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18756), Tenable (16321), SecurityFocus (BID 12155†), OSVDB (12813†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11599†). Similar entries are available at VDB-24379, VDB-24378, VDB-24254 and VDB-82292. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16321
Nessus Name: 3Com 3CServer/3CDaemon FTP Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, FS, PD, DoS)
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02/08/2005 +35 days 🔍
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05/24/2006 +387 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3212 days 🔍
06/19/2019 +1562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: 3com.com

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Sowhat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24380
X-Force: 18756
SecurityFocus: 12155 - 3Com 3CDaemon Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 12813 - 3CDaemon command obtain information
Vulnerability Center: 11599 - 3Com 3CDaemon FTP Service Sensitive Information Disclosure in an Error Message, Medium

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

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/19/2019 07:36
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (73), 06/19/2019 07:36 (4)
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