Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 nmservice.exe /btnlogin=[log/in]=/ resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file nmservice.exe. Such manipulation of the argument /btnlogin=[log/in]=/ leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-0911. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 (Network Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file nmservice.exe. The manipulation of the argument /btnlogin=[log/in]=/ with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

NmService.exe in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted requests to Login.asp, possibly involving the (1) "In]" and (2) "b;tnLogIn" parameters, or (3) malformed btnLogIn parameters, possibly involving missing "[" (open bracket) or "[" (closing bracket) characters, as demonstrated by "&btnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" or "&b;tnLogIn=[Log&In]=&" in the URL. NOTE: due to the lack of diagnosis by the original researcher, the precise nature of the vulnerability is unclear.

The weakness was released 02/22/2006 by Josh Zlatin-Amishav (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zur.homelinux.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0911 since 02/28/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.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 (24864), Exploit-DB (27258), SecurityFocus (BID 16771†) and OSVDB (23494†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: zur.homelinux.com
Researcher: Josh Zlatin-Amishav
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0911 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0911
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28916
X-Force: 24864 - IPSwitch WhatsUp Professional NmService.exe denial of service
SecurityFocus: 16771 - Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 23494 - Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional NmService.exe Malformed Request CPU Consumption DoS
Vupen: ADV-2006-0704

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/13/2024 18:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (61), 07/20/2018 09:16 (1), 06/13/2024 18:16 (19)
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