LiveData Server Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol (COTP) denial of service

livedata-cotp-dos (34029) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

LiveData Server is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an unspecified error in the COTP. A remote attacker from the local network could send malformed COTP packets to cause the server to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 3.7
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of LiveData products (5.00.62 or later), available from the LiveData Web site. See References.

References:

  • LiveData Web site: LIveData.
  • BID-23775: Multiple LiveData Servers COTP Packets Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-2490: Unspecified vulnerability in LiveData Server before 5.00.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exit) via crafted Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol (COTP) packets.
  • SA25113: LiveData Server Unspecified COTP Denial of Service
  • US-CERT VU#711420: LiveData Server fails to properly handle Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol packets
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-1633: LiveData Servers Remote Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • LiveData LiveData ICCP Server prior to 5.00.62
  • LiveData LiveData Maintenance Server prior to 5.00.62
  • LiveData LiveData Protocol Server prior to 5.00.62
  • LiveData LiveData RTI prior to 5.00.62

Reported:

May 03, 2007

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