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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10346
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Mercur WebView WebClient
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote WebView service does not do proper bound
checking when it handles the GET request,
and thus is subject to a buffer overflow
which results in a Denial of Service.

The request that could lead to a buffer
overflow is :

GET /mmain.html&mail_user=aaa[...]aaa

An attacker may use this problem to
prevent your users from checking their
mails.


Solution : contact the vendor for a patch
Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 1056
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0239
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1056
Bugtraq: 20000315 Local / Remote DoS Attack in MERCUR WebView WebMail-Client 1.0 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95325335825295&w=2
http://www.ussrback.com/labs36.html
XForce ISS Database: mercur-webview-get-dos
CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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