21211 : PHP Web Statistik stat.php lastnumber Variable Resource Consumption DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
9	362	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-11-19	2005-11-19	2005-11-19

Description

PHP Web Statistik contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the 'lastnumber' parameter in the 'stat.php' script isn't properly validated before being used in an loop statement, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4a or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

PHP Web Stat

PHP Web Statistik

1.4

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17789
CVE ID: 2005-4014 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 21208 21209 21210 21212
ISS X-Force ID: 23384
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-11/0326.html
Vendor URL: http://www.php-web-statistik.de
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ush.it/2005/11/19/php-web-statistik/

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Francesco "aScii" Ongaro

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-12-05 | Disagree?

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