CGIForum Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:4960

Info

CGIForum Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4960
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 07 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 07 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Published in a CGIForum changelog.
Vulnerable: Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.5
Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.4
Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.3
Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.2
Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.1
Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0
Not Vulnerable: Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.6

Discussion

CGIForum Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability

CGIForum is a freely available cgi script from Markus Triska which is designed to facilitate web-based threaded discussion forums.

CGIForum fails to properly handle malformed user supplied data. Under some conditions, an infinite recursion may occur, resulting in a denial of service condition.

A restart of the service may be required in order to regain normal functionality.

Exploit / POC

CGIForum Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits 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]>.

Solution / Fix

CGIForum Infinite Recursion Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in CGIForum 1.06:


Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0

Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.1

Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.2

Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.3

Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.4

Markus Triska CGIForum 1.0.5

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