Pragma Systems FortressSSH 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27141
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2008-0132
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 04 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	Luigi Auriemma discovered this issue.
Vulnerable:	Pragma Systems FortressSSH 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Pragma Systems FortressSSH 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Pragma Systems FortressSSH is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to adequately handle certain exceptions when processing overly long user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to exhaust the maximum number of connections alotted for servers. Successful attacks will deny access to legitimate users.

FortressSSH 5.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Pragma Systems FortressSSH 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27141-pragmassh.zip

Pragma Systems FortressSSH 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling 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].

Pragma Systems FortressSSH 'msvcrt.dll' Exception Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• FortressSSH Homepage (Pragma Systems)
  
• Some DoS in some telnet servers (Luigi Auriemma )