VDB-45389 · CVE-2008-5421 · BID 28048

NetWin SmsGate up to 1.1n Administration Service resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NetWin SmsGate up to 1.1n. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Administration Service. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5421. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NetWin SmsGate up to 1.1n. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The SSL web administration service in NetWin SmsGate 1.1n and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via (1) a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header; (2) an invalid value in the Content-Length HTTP header, as demonstrated by a negative integer; or (3) a missing Content-Length HTTP header.

The weakness was shared 12/11/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5421 since 12/11/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 28048†) and Secunia (SA29149†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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02/28/2008 🔍
12/11/2008 +287 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2287 days 🔍
10/21/2018 +1314 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netwininfosolutions.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5421 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5421
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45389
SecurityFocus: 28048 - NetWin SMSGate 'Content-Length' Parameter Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29149

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/21/2018 16:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (46), 10/21/2018 16:20 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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