ISS Proventia M Series Xpu 1.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ISS Proventia M Series Xpu 1.6. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2690. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ISS Proventia M Series Xpu 1.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. 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:

Multiple IBM ISS Proventia Series products, including the A, G, and M series, do not properly handle certain full-width and half-width Unicode character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to evade detection of HTTP traffic.

The weakness was released 05/15/2007 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2690 since 05/15/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1018068†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36860, VDB-36810, VDB-36809 and VDB-39534. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

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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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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36811
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SecurityTracker: 1018068 - Proventia Lets Remote Users Evade Detection With Certain Character Encodings

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 01/13/2025 03:04
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (46), 10/22/2017 17:00 (6), 01/13/2025 03:04 (17)
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