PT-2012-1489 · Unknown · Virtual War

Darren Mcdonald · Published 2012-10-08 · Updated 2012-10-08 · CVE-2010-5279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Virtual War (aka VWar) version 1.6.1 R2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by providing a large integer in the ratearticleselect parameter. This is related to the "article.php" component.

Recommendations For Virtual War (aka VWar) version 1.6.1 R2, consider restricting access to the "article.php" component to minimize the risk of exploitation, and avoid using the ratearticleselect parameter with large integers until a fix is available.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5279

Affected Products

Virtual War

References · 3

• 🔥 http://dmcdonald.net/vwar.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/235 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5279 · Security Note