PunBB up to 1.2.10 User Account denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component User Account. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-0865. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in PunBB (Forum Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

PunBB 1.2.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by registering many user accounts quickly.

The weakness was presented 02/19/2006 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0865 since 02/23/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by K4P0 and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24837), Exploit-DB (1517) and OSVDB (28162†). See VDB-28874 and VDB-29079 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: K4P0
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/19/2006 🔍
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02/20/2006 +0 days 🔍
02/23/2006 +3 days 🔍
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08/21/2006 +179 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3124 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0865 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0865
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28873
X-Force: 24837 - PunBB register IP denial of service
OSVDB: 28162 - PunBB User Account Registration Saturation DoS

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

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/08/2025 01:49
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (50), 07/19/2018 10:44 (11), 06/08/2025 01:49 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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