5000 : OmniHTTPd HTTP Version Overflow DoS
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7 months ago

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Disclosure

Jul 01, 2002

Discovery

Jul 01, 2002

Dates

Exploit

Jul 01, 2002

Solution

Unknown

Description

Omnicron OmniHTTPd contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malformed HTTP request containing a version with 4096 or more characters will result in loss of availability for the service. This can be used with GET, POST, HEAD and other types of requests.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.10 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Omnicron Technologies Corporation

OmniHTTPd

2.09

References

CVE ID: 2002-1035 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 5136
ISS X-Force ID: 9457
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0007.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://osvdb.org/ref/39/39140-OmniHTTPd.html
Vendor URL: http://www.omnicron.ca/ [ Link is 404 ]

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Martin J. Muench - mjmcodito.de - Personal Page

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