[NT] Denial of Service Found in IBM U2 UniVerse

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Date: 08/01/02 

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  Denial of Service Found in IBM U2 UniVerse
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SUMMARY

By sending an invalid query to the
<http://www.ibm.com/software/data/u2/universe/uv10.html> IBM U2 UniVerse
causes it to slow to something between 5sec to 2min response time,
repeated attacks can cause the server to crash.

DETAILS

Exploit:
Create a query accessing UV/ODBC and include inside it an invalid link
between tables, this will cause the server to mishandle the query, cause
it to utilize more processing time, causing it to lag behind other
queries. A repeated attack will consume all available resources, causing
the server to crash.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:cmeinberg@sistran.com.br>
Claudio Ortiz Meinberg.

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