10532 : MySQL MaxDB webdbm Server Field DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	1010	over 8 years ago	about 3 years ago	2 times	100%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-10-07

Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response
51 days	3 days

Description

MaxDB webdmn contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted HTTP request containing a value higher than 0x7F in the "Server" field is sent, and will result in loss of availability for the web agent component of MaxDB.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.5.00.18 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

MySQL

MaxDB

7.5

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 12756
CVE ID: 2004-0931 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-10/0144.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=150&type=vulnerabilities

Credit

Patrik Karlsson - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-17 | Disagree?

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