TWiki up to 2004-09-04 memory allocation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in TWiki up to 2004-09-04. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory allocation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-1387. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TWiki up to 2004-09-04 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

TWiki 4.0, 4.0.1, and 20010901 through 20040904 allows remote authenticated users with edit rights to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion leading to CPU and memory consumption) via INCLUDE by URL statements that form a loop, such as a page that includes itself.

The weakness was released 03/26/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1387 since 03/24/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 (25445), SecurityFocus (BID 17267†) and Secunia (SA19410†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-29335. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/24/2006 🔍
03/26/2006 +2 days 🔍
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03/27/2006 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3272 days 🔍
07/21/2018 +1227 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29336
X-Force: 25445 - TWiki INCLUDE edit denial of service
SecurityFocus: 17267
Secunia: 19410 - TWiki Restricted Content Access and Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1116

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/21/2018 10:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (51), 07/21/2018 10:38 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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