TrackerCam "Content-Length" denial of service
| trackercam-contentlength-dos (19417) |  Low Risk |
Description:
TrackerCam is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper handling of negative values in the 'Content-Length' HTTP header. By sending multiple requests (around 300) containing a negative 'Content-Length' HTTP header, a remote attacker could cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Eagletron, TrackerCam 5.12 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Feb 18 2005 - 13:20:08 CST , Multiple vulnerabilities in TrackerCam 5.12 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-02/0309.html.
- TrackerCam Web site, TrackerCam Software at http://www.trackercam.com/TCamWeb/index.htm.
- BID-12592: TrackerCam Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0482: TrackerCam 5.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a large number of connections with a negative Content-Length header, possibly triggering an integer signedness error, or (2) a large amount of data.
Reported:
Feb 21, 2005
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