Twilight Utilities Web Server HTTP GET denial of service
| twilight-utilities-get-dos (11809) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Twilight Utilities Web Server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. By sending a malformed HTTP GET request to the Web server containing 4096 or more characters, a remote attacker could cause the server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Apr 15 2003 - 20:20:37 CDT: Twilight Utilities TW-WebServer/1, 3, 2, 0 DoS.
- Twilight Utilities Web site: Twilight Utilities - Web Server.
- BID-7368: TW-WebServer Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Twilight Utilities Twilight Utilities Web Server
Reported:
Apr 15, 2003
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