Title: Desktop Orbiter Resource Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
Desktop Orbiter is designed to be a desktop security solution. It is maintained by Anfibia and is available for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for Desktop Orbiter. The vulnerability exists due to the way the application handles connections. Specifically, for every open connection, a snapshot preview of the desktop is loaded into memory. Thus, numerous connections would result in a consumption of all available memory resources.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by making numerous connections to a Desktop Orbiter server on TCP port 51054. For every connection, the vulnerable service creates a snapshot of the desktop that is subsequently loaded into memory. This will eventually result in the service consuming all available memory and causing the system to behave unpredictably.
This vulnerability affects Desktop Orbiter 2.01. It is not known whether earlier versions are affected.
Affected Products:
- Anfibia Desktop Orbiter 2.0.01
References:
- Anfibia: Desktop Orbiter
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