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>> The Dawn of Time Web Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability
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Title : The Dawn of Time Web Authentication Remote Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3418
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5265
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in The Dawn of Time, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by format string errors in the "processWebHeader()" and "filterWebRequest()" [websrv.cpp] functions when processing authentication credentials, which could be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
The Dawn of Time version 1.69s beta4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3418
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dawnfs-adv.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma.
ChangeLog
2007-10-09 : Initial release
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