My Web Server HTTP request denial of service
| mywebserver-http-dos (26885) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Eitsop's My Web Server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote could send an overly long HTTP GET request to cause the server to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Eitsop, My Web Server 1.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri May 26 2006 - 14:09:31 CDT , Re: my Web Server << v-1.0 Denial of Service Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0602.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jun 01 2006 - 18:20:12 CDT, Re: my Web Server << v-1.0 Denial of Service Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0722.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 25 2006 - 08:35:13 CDT , my Web Server << v-1.0 Denial of Service Exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0564.html.
- My Web Server Web page, My Web Server - BY Eitsop at http://eitsop.s5.com/.
- BID-18144: Eitsop My Web Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2756: Eitsop My Web Server 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long GET request. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that this is a different product, and therefore a different vulnerability, than CVE-2002-1897.
- SA20335: My Web Server Long URL Denial of Service
Reported:
May 25, 2006
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