ActivePost Standard long file name denial of service
| activepost-long-filename-dos (17482) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ActivePost Standard is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted file with a file name longer than 4074 bytes to cause the server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- ActivePost Web site: Secure IM ActivePost.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 23 2004 - 13:26:56 CDT : Multiple vulnerabilities in ActivePost Standard 3.1.
- BID-11244: ActivePost Messenger Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1547: The file server in ActivePost Standard 3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
- CVE-2004-2616: The file server in ActivePost Standard 3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by uploading a file, which reveals the path in a success message.
- OSVDB ID: 10235: ActivePost Standard File Upload Path Disclosure
- SA12642: ActivePost Standard Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1011406: ActivePost Lets Remote Users Upload Arbitrary Files, Detemine Passwords, and Crash the System, and D
Platforms Affected:
- ONNURI INFOTEK Co. ActivePost Standard 3.1 and prior
Reported:
Sep 23, 2004
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