BitsCast PubDate Element Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	23993
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-2726
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 15 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:39PM
Credit:	gbr is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable:	BitsCast BitsCast 0.13
Not Vulnerable:

BitsCast PubDate Element Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BitsCast is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input contained in RSS feeds.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the application, effectively denying service.

BitsCast 0.13.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

BitsCast PubDate Element Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted RSS feed using the affected application.

The following example RSS feed is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/23993.xml

BitsCast PubDate Element 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

BitsCast PubDate Element Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Homepage (BitsCast)