JWIG external template denial of service
| jwig-externaltemplate-dos (35515) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
JWIG is vulnerable to a denial of service. By setting a looped request for external templates, an authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to stop responding.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 1.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 21 2007 - 02:12:24 CDT: [CVE-2007-3816][Advisory] JWIG Context-Dependent Template Calling Dos.
- Sec Niche white paper: Hack Annotations in JWIG.
- BID-24974: RETIRED: Anders Møller JWIG Template Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3816: ** DISPUTED ** JWIG might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (service degradation) via loops of references to external templates. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by multiple third parties who state that only the application developer can trigger the issue, so no privilege boundaries are crossed. However, it seems possible that this is a vulnerability class to which an JWIG application may be vulnerable if template contents can be influenced, but this would be an issue in the application itself, not JWIG.
- SECTRACK ID: 1018432: JWIG Template Fetching Loops Can Be Exploited By Remote Users to Deny Service
Platforms Affected:
- Anders Møller & Aske Simon Christensen JWIG
Reported:
Jul 17, 2007
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