Davenport WebDAV-CIFS Gateway XML Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12337
Release Date: 2004-08-23
Popularity: 5,113 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Davenport WebDAV-CIFS Gateway 0.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Davenport WebDAV-CIFS Gateway, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation of XML documents sent from clients. This can be exploited by using a specially crafted overly long XML document, which will require excessive resources on expansion.

The vulnerability affects versions prior to 0.9.10.

Solution:
Update to version 0.9.10.
http://davenport.sourceforge.net/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.


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