phpBB up to 2.0.19 profile.php denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in phpBB. This impacts an unknown function of the file profile.php. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0450. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file profile.php. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

phpBB 2.0.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by (1) registering many users through profile.php or (2) using search.php to search in a certain way that confuses the database.

The weakness was shared 01/26/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0450 since 01/26/2006. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (24327). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Name

• phpBB

Version

• 2.0 Beta1
• 2.0 Rc1
• 2.0 Rc2
• 2.0 Rc3
• 2.0 Rc4
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.6c
• 2.0.6d
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.7a
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.8a
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.18
• 2.0.19

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.phpbb.com/

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