35510 : Mbedthis AppWeb URL Protocol Format String
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Last Modified

4 months ago

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Disclosure

Apr 29, 2007

Discovery

Aug 06, 2006

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

appweb contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when using format strings (%s %d %d ...) directly into the URL requested, and will result in loss of availability for the appweb server.

Classification

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

Technical

This vulnerability is a format string bug in the code related to access logging.
It will not be present if webserver is compiled without log support. (--disable-log option to configure)

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.2.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability.

Setting an "ErrorLog" directive in appweb.conf has also been reported as a possible workaround

Products

Mbedthis Software, LLC.
Watch-list
AppWeb
Watch-list
2.0.5-4

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