Adobe ColdFusion MX up to 7.0.1 Flash Remoting Gateway infinite loop

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion MX up to 7.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file Flash Remoting Gateway. This manipulation causes infinite loop. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-4724. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion MX up to 7.0.1 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file Flash Remoting Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the ColdFusion Flash Remoting Gateway in Adobe ColdFusion MX 7 and 7.01 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors involving a crafted command.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2006 by Shigeyoshi Muraoka with IT Frontier Corporation (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4724 since 09/12/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at adobe.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28912), SecurityFocus (BID 19984†), OSVDB (28806†), Secunia (SA21866†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016833†). The entries VDB-2526 and VDB-2528 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Patch: adobe.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: adobe.com
Researcher: Shigeyoshi Muraoka
Organization: IT Frontier Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2527
X-Force: 28912 - Adobe ColdFusion Flash Remoting Gateway denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19984 - Adobe ColdFusion Flash Remoting Gateway Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21866 - ColdFusion Denial of Service and Sandbox Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 28806 - ColdFusion CFML Template CFC Sandbox Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1016833 - Adobe ColdFusion Infinite Loop Permits Denial of Service Attacks and Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vupen: ADV-2006-3574

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2006 11:57
Updated: 06/08/2017 23:45
Changes: 09/15/2006 11:57 (56), 06/08/2017 23:45 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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