Adobe Macromedia ColdFusion and JRun Web services SOAP denial of service
| coldfusion-jrun-soap-dos (10826) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Macromedia ColdFusion MX and Macromedia JRun 4.0 are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the Web services XML parser. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted message to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) interface to cause the XML parser to enter into an infinite loop, which would consume all available CPU resources.
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe, ColdFusion
- Macromedia, JRun 4.0
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Macromedia Product Security Bulletin MPSB02-14. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Dec 16 2002 - 10:51:54 CST, Multiple vendors XML parser (and SOAP/WebServices server) Denial of Service attack using DTD at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0140.html.
- Macromedia Product Security Bulletin MPSB02-14 , Patch available for web services denial-of-service vulnerability in JRun 4.0 and ColdFusion MX at http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=23559.
- BID-6363: Macromedia JRun 4/ColdFusion MX XML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-6398: Multiple Vendor XML Parser Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Dec 11, 2002
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