CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
86.7%
The remote host is running Cherokee - a fast and tiny web server.
The remote version of this software is affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability when handling a specially crafted HTTP ‘POST’ request.
An attacker may exploit this flaw to disable this service remotely.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(15620);
script_version("1.19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-1198");
script_bugtraq_id(9345);
script_name(english:"Cherokee Web Server Malformed POST Request Remote DoS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running Cherokee - a fast and tiny web server.
The remote version of this software is affected by a remote denial of
service vulnerability when handling a specially crafted HTTP 'POST'
request.
An attacker may exploit this flaw to disable this service remotely." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?76d15ca6" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Cherokee 0.4.7 or newer as this reportedly fixes the issue." );
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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/11/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2003/12/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for version of Cherokee");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("http_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0);
banner = get_http_banner(port: port);
if(!banner)exit(0);
serv = strstr(banner, "Server");
if(ereg(pattern:"^Server:.*Cherokee/0\.([0-3]\.|4\.[0-6])[^0-9]", string:serv))
{
security_warning(port);
}