9836 : John Franks WN Server Long GET Request Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
11	999	about 9 years ago	over 3 years ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2002-12-30

Time to Exploit
130 days

Description

A remote overflow exists in John Frank's WN Server. The application fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted GET request containing 1,600 or more characters, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.4.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

John Frank	WN Server	1.18.2
		2.0.0
		1.19.0
		1.19.1
		1.19.2
		1.19.3
		1.19.4
		1.19.5
		1.19.6
		1.19.7
		1.19.8
		1.19.9
		1.18.2
		2.0.0
		1.19.0
		1.19.1
		1.19.2
		1.19.3
		1.19.4
		1.19.5
		1.19.6
		1.19.7
		1.19.8
		1.19.9

References

ISS X-Force ID: 10223
CVE ID: 2002-1166 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 5831
Other Advisory URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0138.html
Vendor URL: http://hopf.math.nwu.edu/

Tools & Filters

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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