VDB-38212 · CVE-2007-4200 · BID 25181

Brian Carrier The Slueth Kit up to 2.7 ntfs.c certain denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brian Carrier The Slueth Kit up to 2.7. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file ntfs.c. Executing a manipulation of the argument certain can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-4200. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Brian Carrier The Slueth Kit up to 2.7. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file ntfs.c. The manipulation of the argument certain 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. CVE summarizes:

ntfs.c in fsstat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 interprets a certain variable as a byte count rather than a count of 32-bit integers, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.

The weakness was disclosed 07/26/2007 with isec (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4200 since 08/07/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2.08 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 25181†) and OSVDB (46996†). The entries VDB-38211, VDB-38210, VDB-38209 and VDB-38208 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: The Slueth Kit 2.08

Timelineinfo

07/26/2007 🔍
08/02/2007 +6 days 🔍
08/07/2007 +5 days 🔍
08/07/2007 +0 days 🔍
07/13/2008 +341 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2435 days 🔍
10/27/2017 +957 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: isec
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4200 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4200
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38212
SecurityFocus: 25181 - The Sleuth Kit Multiple Denial Of Service And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 46996 - The Sleuth Kit (TSK) ntfs.c fsstat Malformed NTFS Image DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 10/27/2017 08:46
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (52), 10/27/2017 08:46 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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