Apple Quicktime Streaming Server User-Agent memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Quicktime Streaming Server and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component User-Agent Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2004-0169. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Quicktime Streaming Server (Multimedia Player Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component User-Agent Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

QuickTime Streaming Server in MacOS X 10.2.8 and 10.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via DESCRIBE requests with long User-Agent fields, which causes an Assert error to be triggered in the BufferIsFull function.

The bug was discovered 12/08/2003. The weakness was shared 02/23/2004 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at idefense.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0169. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.nl. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12522 (FreeBSD : Darwin Streaming Server denial-of-service vulnerability (1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2442.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15291), Tenable (12522), SecurityFocus (BID 9735†), OSVDB (6837†) and Secunia (SA10956†). The entry VDB-21648 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 12522
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Darwin Streaming Server denial-of-service vulnerability (1)
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OpenVAS ID: 52512
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: DarwinStreamingServer
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 2442

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12/08/2003 🔍
02/23/2004 +77 days 🔍
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03/14/2004 +20 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +25 days 🔍
04/11/2016 +4385 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82044
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X-Force: 15291
SecurityFocus: 9735 - Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server DESCRIBE Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10956
OSVDB: 6837 - Apple QuickTime Streaming Server User-Agent Overflow DoS

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

Created: 04/11/2016 22:41
Updated: 12/15/2024 21:01
Changes: 04/11/2016 22:41 (61), 10/03/2018 10:38 (10), 07/13/2022 13:29 (3), 12/15/2024 21:01 (20)
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