Resin large variable denial of service
| resin-large-variable-dos (9352) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Resin is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker can send specially-crafted URLs with large variables defined for non-existent resources to consume the entire workspace and cause the server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Resin (2.1.2 or later), available from the Caucho Technology Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jun 17 2002 - 02:23:42 CDT: KPMG-2002021: Resin Large Parameter Denial of Service.
- Caucho Technology Web site: Caucho Resin: Developer Source, XML Application Server.
- BID-5032: Caucho Technology Resin Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1988: Resin 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and hang) via a URL with long variables for non-existent resources.
Platforms Affected:
- Caucho Resin 2.1.1
Reported:
Jun 17, 2002
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