Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:28539

Info

Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28539
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2008-1648
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 27 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 07 2008 03:30PM
Credit: Adam Bernstein
Vulnerable: Sympa Sympa 5.3.4
Sympa Sympa 5.3.3
Sympa Sympa 5.3.2
Sympa Sympa 5.3.1
Sympa Sympa 5.3
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Sympa Sympa 5.4

Discussion

Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Sympa is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle specially crafted 'Content-Type' headers.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to crash. Successful attacks will deny service to legitimate users.

Versions prior to Sympa 5.4 are affected.

Exploit / POC

Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using standard tools.

Solution / Fix

Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released Sympa 5.4 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Sympa Sympa 5.3

Sympa Sympa 5.3.1

Sympa Sympa 5.3.2

Sympa Sympa 5.3.3

Sympa Sympa 5.3.4

References

Sympa 'Content-Type' Header Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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