Savant Web Server Page Redirect Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:8712

Info

Savant Web Server Page Redirect Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8712
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 26 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 26 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Phuong Nguyen.
Vulnerable: Savant Savant Webserver 3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Savant Web Server Page Redirect Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Savant Web Server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. The server reportedly goes into an infinite loop upon receipt of a specially crafted HTTP GET request that causes the server to repeatedly redirect to the default page.

This issue may be similar in nature to the vulnerability described in BID 2468.

Exploit / POC

Savant Web Server Page Redirect Denial Of Service Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was submitted:

http://www.example.com/%x

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