Donato Ferrante
Application: Webbsyte Chat
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wchat/
Version: 0.9.0
Bug: Denial Of Service
Date: 02-Aug-2004
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato_at_autistici.org
web: www.autistici.org/fdonato
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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix
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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:
"Webbsyte Chat lets you keep in touch with people all around the
world!"
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2. The bug:
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The chat server doesn't correctly manage raw requests, in fact it will
crash with the following error:
"Run-time error '40006':
Wrong protocol or connection state for the requested transaction or
request"
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability:
establish about 40 raw connections (like telnet) with the chat server.
NOTE: 40 is the maximum number of connections needed to test this bug.
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4. The fix:
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Vendor was contacted.
The program is no more supported.
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Received on Aug 03 2004
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