Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:21898

Info

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21898
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 05 2007 12:00AM
Credit: nitr0us is credited with discovering this issue.
Vulnerable: Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is affected by a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the application to crash, denying further service to legitimate users.

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 4.0 is affected; other versions may be vulnerable as well.

Exploit / POC

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released version 4.0 Build 20060717 to address this issue. Please see the references for details.

References

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:
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