Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 2.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 2.6. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-3959. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 2.6 (Groupware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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:

The IM Server (aka IMserve or IMserver) 2.0.5.30 and probably earlier in Ipswitch Instant Messaging before 2.07 in Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain data to TCP port 5179 that overwrites a destructor, as reachable by the (1) DoAttachVideoSender, (2) DoAttachVideoReceiver, (3) DoAttachAudioSender, and (4) DoAttachAudioReceiver functions.

The bug was discovered 07/18/2007. The weakness was presented 07/24/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3959 since 07/24/2007. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25762 (Ipswitch IM Server < 2.07 Multiple Function Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.07 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (25762), SecurityFocus (BID 25031†), OSVDB (36223†), Secunia (SA26154†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018440†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25762
Nessus Name: Ipswitch IM Server < 2.07 Multiple Function Remote DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Collaboration Suite 2.07

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07/22/2019 +1590 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37963
SecurityFocus: 25031 - Ipswitch Instant Messaging Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 26154
OSVDB: 36223 - Ipswitch - Instant Messaging - Remote Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018440
Vulnerability Center: 15725 - Ipswitch Instant Messaging Allows Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2621

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/22/2019 17:11
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (74), 07/22/2019 17:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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