JVNDB-2010-000027

Winny BBS information processing vulnerability

Winny contains a vulnerability in the processing of BBS information.

Winny is a P2P file sharing software. Winny contains a vulnerability in the processing of BBS information, which can be used to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Yuji Ukai of eEye Digital Security reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Base Metrics: 5.0 (Medium) [IPA Score]

• Access Vector: Network
• Access Complexity: Low
• Authentication: None
• Confidentiality Impact: None
• Integrity Impact: Partial
• Availability Impact: None

Isamu Kaneko

• Winny 2.0b7.1 and earlier

A user may take part in a DDoS attack by a remote attacker.

[Do not use Winny]
Please discontinue use of Winny.

1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]

1. CVE-2010-2361

1. JVN : JVN#54336184
2. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : CVE-2010-2361
3. ISS X-Force Database : 61278

[2010/08/20]
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