39244 : mcstrans Compartment Range DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-09-12	2007-09-12

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4570" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the MCS translation daemon in mcstrans 0.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary daemon outage) via a large range of compartments in sensitivity labels.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Other
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the magic_quotes_gpc PHP option is 'off' and the register_globals PHP option is 'on' (not the default setting for PHP since version 4.2.0 / 22-Apr-2002).

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-4570 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26371
Secunia Advisory ID: 27589
ISS X-Force ID: 38357
Related OSVDB ID: 39244
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=193951
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=193951
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=288201
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=288201
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2007:0542

Tools & Filters

	27830

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 1.9
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-12 | Disagree?

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