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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.3%
IBM HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900222");
script_version("2022-05-11T11:17:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-11 11:17:52 +0000 (Wed, 11 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-25 09:10:39 +0200 (Thu, 25 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2364");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_name("IBM HTTP Server mod_proxy Interim Responses DoS Vulnerability");
script_dependencies("gb_get_http_banner.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80, 8880, 8008);
script_mandatory_keys("IBM_HTTP_Server/banner");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/Advisories/31904/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29653");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42987");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=177&context=SSEQTJ&uid=swg21173021");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008517");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"IBM HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Issue is due to an error in the ap_proxy_http_process_response()
function in mod_proxy_http.c in the mod_proxy module when processing large number of interim responses
to the client, which could consume all available memory resources.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"IBM HTTP Server versions prior to 6.1.0.19.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Fix Pack 19.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A remote/local user can cause denial of service.");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
port = http_get_port(default:80);
ibmWebSer = http_get_remote_headers(port:port);
if(ibmWebSer && egrep(pattern:"Server: IBM_HTTP_Server.*", string:ibmWebSer)) {
if(egrep(pattern:"IBM_HTTP_Server/([0-5]\..*|6\.[01])[^.0-9]", string:ibmWebSer)) {
security_message(port);
exit(0);
}
}