BadBlue malformed GET request denial of service
| badblue-get-dos (9528) |  Low Risk |
Description:
BadBlue is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a malformed GET request to a vulnerable Web server that does not specify a file name to cause the Web server to crash. The server must be restarted to regain normal functionality.
Platforms Affected:
- Working Resources, BadBlue Personal Edition 1.7.3
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BadBlue Web site, BadBlue Product Suite at http://www.badblue.com/prod.htm.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jul 12 2002 - 19:50:16 CDT, Three BadBlue Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0143.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 08 2002 - 22:36:34 CDT, ALERT: Working Resources BadBlue #2 (DoS, Heap Overflow) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0082.html.
- BID-5187: Working Resources BadBlue Get Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1023: BadBlue server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP GET request without a URI.
Reported:
Jul 09, 2002
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