7924 : Gattaca Server 2003 web.tmpl Language Variable CPU Consumption DoS
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8 months ago

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Disclosure

Jul 15, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jul 15, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Description

Gattaca Server 2003 contains a flaw that may allow a Remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when malformed HTTP requests are issued using input passed to the "TEMPLATE" and "LANGUAGE" parameters in the "web.tmpl" script - such input is not validated and causes large amounts of CPU processing. Additionally, the server can be crashed by establishing 600 concurrent connections.

Classification

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

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

GeeOS Team

Gattaca Server 2003

1.1.10.0

References

Security Tracker: 1010703
Bugtraq ID: 10728
Secunia Advisory ID: 12071
ISS X-Force ID: 16700
CVE ID: 2004-2519 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 7922 7923 7925 7926 7927
Other Advisory URL: http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.gattaca-server.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gattaca_discussion;actio ......

Manual Testing Notes

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Dr_insane - dr_insanepathfinder.gr - Personal Page

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