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DoS in Chat Anywhere 2.72a
From: "Donato Ferrante" <fdonato () autistici org>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:33:48 -0000
Donato Ferrante Application: Chat Anywhere http://www.lionmax.com/chatanywhere.htm Version: 2.72a Bug: Denial Of Service Date: 27-Aug-2004 Authors: Donato Ferrante e-mail: fdonato () autistici org web: www.autistici.org/fdonato Luigi Auriemma e-mail: aluigi () autistici org web: aluigi.altervista.org xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. Description 2. The bug 3. The code 4. The fix xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------- 1. Description: ---------------- Chat Anywhere is a Web-based chat server for real-time chatting. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------ 2. The bug: ------------ The chat server is unable to manage fake users. So an attacker can crash the chat server and also consume a lot of CPU resources to all the real clients connected, by using fake users. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------- 3. The code: ------------- To test the vulnerability: http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/poc/ChatAnywhere[272a]DoS-poc.zip or: http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/chatanydos.zip xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------ 4. The fix: ------------ The bug was initially found on 4 Dec 2003 in the version 2.72, and reported to the vendor by Luigi Auriemma, but the vendor probably forgot to fix it. So the vendor was contacted for the same bug in the next version 2.72a, and now the vendor is planning to fix the bug in the next release. In the meantime vendor recommends to add password protection to protect the chat room. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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