Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:11143

Info

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11143
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 08 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 08 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.19
Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.18
Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.17
Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.16
Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.15
Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.14
Not Vulnerable: Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.20

Discussion

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It is reported that Emdros is prone to a denial of service vulnerability, due to a memory leak while running as a daemon.

This vulnerability is present in the 'mql' process. This process contains a memory leak, and if it is run as a daemon, a remote attacker has the ability to consume all available memory until the process crashes.

Versions prior to 1.1.20 are reported susceptible to this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.1.20 to address this issue:


Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.14

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.15

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.16

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.17

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.18

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine 1.1.19

References

Ulrik Petersen Emdros Database Engine Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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