TITLE:
VP-ASP Shopping Cart Database Connection Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12611

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/12611/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VP-ASP Shopping Cart 5.x
https://secunia.com/product/1832/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VP-ASP, which can be exploited
by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
"shoprestoreorder.asp" script. This makes it possible to keep a
database connection open by restoring a previous order.

Successful exploitation may cause performance degradation.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.0.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has posted a procedure for fixing the issue at:
https://www.vpasp.com/virtprog/info/faq_securityfixes.htm

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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