Inktomi Search Software DoS Vulnerability

BID:1866

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Inktomi Search Software DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1866
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 30 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 30 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered and posted in a USSR Labs <[email protected]> Security Advisory <USSR-2000056> on Oct 30, 2000.
Vulnerable: Inktomi Search Software 3.0
- HP HP-UX 11.0 4
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 2.5
Not Vulnerable:

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Inktomi Search Software DoS Vulnerability

Inktomi Search Software formerly Ultraseek Server, is a search engine for intranet or web site enviroments.

Inktomi Search Software is subject to a denial of service. If a user requests a malformed URL to the search engine on default port 8765 the service will stop responding. A restart of the service is required in order to gain normal functionality.

Example provided by USSR Labs <[email protected]>:

http://ServerIP:8765/index.html?&col=&ht=0&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&nh=10&lk=1 &rf=0&si=1&si=1&ql=../../../index

Exploit / POC

Inktomi Search Software DoS Vulnerability

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