WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition DoS Vulnerability

BID:2178

Info

WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2178
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2001-0177
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 10 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 04:46AM
Credit: Discovered and posted to Bugtraq on Jan 10, 2001 by Murat - 2 <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: WebMaster ConferenceRoom 1.8.1
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.0
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- SGI IRIX 6.5
- Sun Solaris x86
- Sun Solaris 2.6_sparc
Not Vulnerable: WebMaster ConferenceRoom 1.8.2
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 2.0
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- SGI IRIX 6.5
- Sun Solaris x86

Discussion

WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition DoS Vulnerability

WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition is a chat package which enables a large community of users to chat together. ConferenceRoom has a wide range of capabilities and a user friendly channel moderation feature.

It is possible to cause a denial of service in ConferenceRoom. By making duplicate connections and executing special server commands in both sessions, ConferenceRoom will crash and refuse any new connections. A restart of the service is required in order to gain normal functionality.

Exploit / POC

WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition DoS Vulnerability

The following exploit has been provided by Murat - 2 &lt;[email protected]&gt;:

ConferenceRoom 1.8.1:

Make to connections to the irc server second being the clone of other. On second connection (clone) type "/ns buddy on". on first connection type "/ns buddy add &lt;clone client nickname&gt;". on clone type "/ns auth accept 1" and the services crashes.

ConferenceRoom 1.8.2:

"/ns buddy on" can't run, cuz professional edt. can't support "buddy" command. Register it one channel, and type it commands "/ns set authorize chanlists on", "/cs aop &lt;#ChannelName&gt; add &lt;NickName&gt;", "/ns auth accept 1". and the services crashes.

Solution / Fix

WebMaster ConferenceRoom Developer Edition DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
WebMaster has addressed this issue in the release of ConferenceRoom 1.8.2a:


WebMaster ConferenceRoom 1.8.1
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