17165 : FlatNuke foot_news.php Direct Request CPU Consumption DoS
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Last Modified

10 months ago

Percent Complete

90%

Disclosure

Jun 06, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jun 06, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

Flatnuke contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is due to an unspecified error in "foot_news.php" script that causes high CPU resource consumption when the script is directly called.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

FlatNuke

FlatNuke

2.5.3

References

Security Tracker: 1014114
Bugtraq ID: 13882
Secunia Advisory ID: 15603
Related OSVDB ID: 17166 17167 17168 17169 17170 17171 17172
CVE ID: 2005-1892 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://flatnuke.sourceforge.net/
Other Advisory URL: http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050604_flatnuke.txt

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