GEN:SID | 1:2442 |
Message | WEB-MISC Quicktime User-Agent buffer overflow attempt |
Summary | This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Apple Quicktime/Darwin Streaming Server.
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Impact | Denial of Service (DoS).
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Detailed Information | The Apple Quicktime Streaming Server is used to serve client machines with streaming media content using TCP/IP. A vulnerability exists in the processing of client requests that can cause a DoS.
An overly long User-Agent field in DESCRIBE requests to the server can cause this condition to occur.
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Affected Systems | Apple Darwin Streaming Server 4.1.3 Apple Quicktime Streaming Server 4.1.3
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Attack Scenarios | An attacker can supply a user agent field in excess of 255 characters in a DESCRIBE request to trigger the DoS condition.
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Ease of Attack | Moderate.
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Corrective Action | Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.
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Additional References | |
Rule References | bugtraq: 9735
cve: 2004-0169
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