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Easy Address Book Web Server Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21959
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Release Date:
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2006-09-18
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Last Update:
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2006-09-19
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Easy Address Book Web Server 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4654 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Revnic Vasile has discovered a vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when processing HTTP requests and can be exploited by e.g. requesting a specially crafted resource name or supplying a specially crafted string containing format specifiers in a POST request.
Example:
http://[host]/AAAA%25n
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Restrict traffic to the service.
Use another product.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Revnic Vasile
Changelog:
2006-09-19: Added additional information.
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1 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. Easy Address Book Web Server Alternate Data Stream Vulnerability
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