A vulnerability in Trend Micro Smart Protection Server (Standalone) 3.x could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to manipulate the product to send a large number of specially crafted HTTP requests to potentially cause the file system to fill up, eventually causing a denial of service (DoS) situation.
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart_protection_server | Trendmicro | 3.0 (including) | 3.0 (including) |
| Smart_protection_server | Trendmicro | 3.1 (including) | 3.1 (including) |
| Smart_protection_server | Trendmicro | 3.2 (including) | 3.2 (including) |
| Smart_protection_server | Trendmicro | 3.3 (including) | 3.3 (including) |
Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute – and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.