Cherokee Web Server Malformed Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100318");
  script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-28 11:13:14 +0100 (Wed, 28 Oct 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4587");

  script_name("Cherokee Web Server Malformed Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36814");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507456");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_cherokee_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cherokee/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Cherokee Web Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker could exploit this issue to crash the affected
  application, denying service to legitimate users.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 is vulnerable, other versions may also
  be affected.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
  General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features,
  remove the product or replace the product by another one.");

  exit(0);
}

CPE = "cpe:/a:cherokee-project:cherokee";

include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "0.5.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location );
  security_message( data: report, port: port );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );