Name: MaxDB WebTools <= 7.5.00.18 buffer overflow and Denial of Service Date: 7 Dec 2004 Platforms: Any Author: Evgeny Demidov Description: "MaxDB is a heavy-duty, SAP-certified open source database for OLTP and OLAP usage which offers high reliability, availability, scalability and a very comprehensive feature set." (quote from http://www.mysql.com/products/maxdb/) Two vulnerabilities in MaxDB WebTools have been found and reported to MySQL team. 1 - WebDav handler long 'Overwrite' header stack overflow Remote root/SYSTEM. Easy to exploit. 2 - Funny 'wahttp' NULL pointer dereference To reproduce it, execute the following command: $ telnet localhost 9999 GET /file/not/found HTTP/1.0 [ENTER] [ENTER] Fix: MaxDB 7.0.19 supposedly should fix these problems - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.5.00.html History: 25 May 2004 - vulnerability has been discovered by Evgeny Demidov 26 May 2004 - vulnerability details has been made available to VulnDisco clients 15 Oct 2004 - vulnerability has been reported to security@xxxxxxxxx 7 Dec 2004 - public release of the advisory
