DiGi WWW Server slash denial of service
| digi-www-slash-dos (15987) |  Low Risk |
Description:
DiGi WWW Server is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending a specially-crafted URL request containing many forward slashes "/", a remote attacker could consume all available resources to cause a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- DiGi WWW Server, DiGi WWW Server Compieuw.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of DiGi WWW Server (Compieuw.2 or later), available from the DiGi WWW Server Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 27 2004 - 12:36:43 CDT, resources consumption in DiGi WWW Server at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-04/0318.html.
- DiGi WWW Server Web page, WWW Server Web Page at http://wwwserver.sourceforge.net.
- BID-10228: DiGi WWW Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1973: DiGi Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request that contains a large number of / (slash) characters, which consumes resources when DiGi converts the slashes to \ (backslash) characters.
- OSVDB ID: 5702: DiGi WWW Server Long Request DoS
- SA11490: DiGi WWW Server Long Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1009957: DiGi WWW Server Can Be Crashed By Remote Users
Reported:
Apr 27, 2004
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