National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0578
Original release date:01/30/2007
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The http_open function in httpget.c in mpg123 before 0.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by closing the HTTP connection early.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BID
Name: 22274
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mpg123.de/cgi-bin/news.cgi
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=135704&release_id=478747
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-0366
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 40128
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:032
