CVE-2007-6103 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the I Hear U server or cause an infinite loop by sending malformed packets with zero size or missing mode fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-6103?
CVE-2007-6103 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
I Hear U (IHU) 0.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause (1) a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that contains zero in the size field in its header, which is improperly handled by the Receiver::processPacket function; and (2) a denial of service (daemon crash) via an (a) IHU_INFO_INIT or a (b) IHU_INFO_RING packet that does not specify the mode, which is improperly handled by the Player::ring function in Player.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6103?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ihu I Hear U.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6103?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-6103 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6103 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7fv3-c8f2-2c73.