Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:5496

Info

Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5496
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1441
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 19 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 03:56PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Mark Litchfield of "NGSSoftware Insight Security Research" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Web Application Server 4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability

A heap overflow vulnerability has been reported for SteelArrow when handling chunked encoded transfers. The HTTP protocol specifies a method of data encoding called 'Chunked Encoding', designed to facilitate fragmentation of HTTP requests in transit. When processing requests for .ARO files coded with the 'Chunked Encoding' mechanism, SteelArrow fails to properly calculate required buffer sizes.

Exploit / POC

Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow 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] &lt;mailto:[email protected]&gt;.

Solution / Fix

Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that a vendor update is available, however Symantec has been unable to verify this. Customers may wish to contact the vendor for upgrade information.

Currently we 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]>.

References

Tomahawk Technologies SteelArrow Chunked Transfer Encoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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