Information disclosure in Geopp Geo\+\+ Gncaster
CVE-2010-0551
HTTP authentication implementation in Geo++ GNCASTER 1.4.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read authentication headers of other users via a large request with an incorrect authentication attempt, which includes sensitive memory in the response. NOTE: this is referred to as a "memory leak" by some sources, but is better characterized as "memory disclosure."
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Geopp Geo\+\+ Gncaster — versions 1.4.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/62015 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/38323 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2010-003/-geo-r-gncaster-faulty-i… (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509199/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55978 (vdb-entry)