SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:4362

Info

SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4362
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-0496
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Reported by Alex Hernandez <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SouthWest SouthWest 1.0 .0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

A denial of service condition has been reported to exist in SouthWest. SouthWest is a talker chat server for Windows environments, and is maintained by Scott Lloyd. SouthWest also includes an embedded web server which provides information about the service, installed by default on port 5002.

If a web page for a connected user is requrested, the service will fail requiring a restart.

Exploit / POC

SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

No exploit code is required.

Solution / Fix

SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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SouthWest Talk Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

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