LabVIEW HTTP GET request denial of service
| labview-http-get-dos (8919) |  Low Risk |
Description:
LabVIEW is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. If the LabVIEW Web server is running with logging enabled, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP GET request to cause all LabVIEW programs to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- National Instruments Corporation, LabVIEW 5.1.1 to 6.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 23 2002 - 00:51:39 CDT, LabVIEW Web Server DoS Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0323.html.
- National Instruments KnowledgeBase Article 2KIB485E, Crashing LabVIEW Through the G Web Server Using TCP VIs at http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/4C3F86E655E5389886256BA00064B22F?OpenDocument.
- National Instruments Web site, NI LabVIEW - Products and Services - National Instruments at http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=1381&lang=US.
- BID-4577: National Instruments LabVIEW HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0748: LabVIEW Web Server 5.1.1 through 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP GET request that ends in two newline characters, instead of the expected carriage return/newline combinations.
- OSVDB ID: 5119: LabVIEW Web Server HTTP Get Newline DoS
Reported:
Apr 23, 2002
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