3399 : ColdFusion Administrator Login Page DoS
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Last Modified

8 months ago

Percent Complete

75%

Disclosure

Jun 07, 2000

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jun 07, 2000

Solution

Unknown

Description

ColdFusion Web Server's administrative login page allows a remote attacker to launch a denial of service. The issue is due to a lack of sanity checks on user submitted content passed to the password field. If a password of 40,000 characters is provided, the web server may crash.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: restrict access to the administrative interface, or remove the administrative interface if it is not required.

Products

Macromedia, Inc.
Watch-list
ColdFusion
Watch-list
4.0
4.5
4.5.1

References

Tools & Filters

Nikto

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Nessus

10581

Snort

908

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