Reptile Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:9482

Info

Reptile Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9482
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-2120
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Donato Ferrante" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Reptile Web Server Reptile Web Server 20020105
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Reptile Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Reptile has been reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. It has been reported that this issue exists because the affected server does not time out on incomplete requests. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to deny service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Reptile Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following example has been supplied:

To test the vulnerability simply send to the webserver some (about 10)
strings like:

GET index.htm

without specify the HTTP* at the end of the GET request, and where
the requested file must be avaible in the public_html directory.

Solution / Fix

References

Reptile Web Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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