RETIRED: Mereo Malformed URI Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35014
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 18 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 25 2009 03:00PM
Credit:	Stack
Vulnerable:	Assembla Mereo 1.8
Not Vulnerable:

RETIRED: Mereo Malformed URI Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Mereo is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Mereo 1.8.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

UPDATE (September 24, 2009): The vendor refutes this issue, stating that they can't trigger the vulnerability.

NOTE: This BID is being retired because the application is not vulnerable as described.

RETIRED: Mereo Malformed URI Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/35014.py

RETIRED: Mereo Malformed URI Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

UPDATE (September 24, 2009): The vendor refutes this issue, stating that they can't trigger the vulnerability. We will either update or retire this BID, pending further information.

RETIRED: Mereo Malformed URI Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Mereo Homepage (Assembla)