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TITLE:
Progress WebSpeed "edit.r" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25129

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25129/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Progress 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/682/

DESCRIPTION:
Eelko Neven has reported a vulnerability in Progress, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an infinite loop when WebSpeed
agents call _edit with no additional parameter. This can be exploited
to cause a DoS due to CPU exhaustion by requesting a special WebSpeed
URL.

The vulnerability is reported in Progress 9.1e. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious URLs using a proxy or firewall.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Eelko Neven

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ishare.nl/

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