Impact PDF Reader iPhone and iPod Touch denial of service
| impact-reader-iphone-ipod-dos (59433) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Impact PDF Reader for iPhone and iPod touch is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of requests. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP POST request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the affected application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.3 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- Apple Web site: iPhone.
- Apple Web site: iPod touch.
- Impact Financials Web site: Impact PDF Reader.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [2010-06-14]: Impact PDF Reader v2.0 for iPhone/iPod Touch POST Method Remote DoS.
- BID-40858: Impact PDF Reader For The iPhone/iPod Touch 'POST' Method Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2010-2332: Impact Financials, Inc. Impact PDF Reader 2.0, 1.2, and other versions for iPhone and iPod touch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a ... body in a POST request.
- OSVDB ID: 65649: Impact PDF Reader POST Request Triple-dot Body Remote DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Impact Financials Impact PDF Reader 1.2
- Impact Financials Impact PDF Reader 2.0
Reported:
Jun 14, 2010
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