BitsCast 0.13.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitsCast 0.13.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-2726. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitsCast 0.13.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

BitsCast 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an RSS 2.0 feed item with certain invalid strings in a pubDate element, as demonstrated by repeated "../A" or "A/../" patterns.

The weakness was disclosed 05/15/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2726 since 05/16/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by gbr in XML and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.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 (34344), Exploit-DB (3929), SecurityFocus (BID 23993†) and OSVDB (39767†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for 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: gbr
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Timelineinfo

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03/13/2015 +2696 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2726 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2726
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36852
X-Force: 34344 - BitsCast pubDate denial of service
SecurityFocus: 23993 - BitsCast PubDate Element Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 39767 - BitsCast RSS Feed pubDate Element Remote DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 09/15/2024 20:13
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (50), 09/02/2018 10:47 (12), 09/15/2024 20:13 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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