Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:12121

Info

Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12121
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 29 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 29 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Wang Ning <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Hilgraeve HyperTerminal 4.0
Hilgraeve HyperTerminal 3.0
Hilgraeve HyperTerminal 2.0
Hilgraeve HyperTerminal 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

HyperTerminal is reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. It is reported that supplying an excessive hostname value the application may trigger this vulnerability. Apparently, this causes the client application to crash.

This issue is reported to affect HyperTerminal versions prior to 5.0.

Exploit / POC

Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Hilgraeve HyperTerminal Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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