Apple Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5 HTTP Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0649. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long HTTP request.

The weakness was published 09/20/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0649. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11085 (Personal Web Sharing Long HTTP Request DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6536), Exploit-DB (20844), Tenable (11085), SecurityFocus (BID 2715†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1684†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11085
Nessus Name: Personal Web Sharing Long HTTP Request DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11085
OpenVAS Name: Personal Web Sharing overflow
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12/26/2024 +3823 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0649 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0649
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17385
X-Force: 6536 - Apple Mac OS Personal Web Sharing denial of service
SecurityFocus: 2715 - MacOS 9 Personal Web Sharing Remote DoS Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1684 - DoS in MacOS Personal Web Sharing via Long HTTP Request, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 12:31
Updated: 12/26/2024 16:51
Changes: 07/09/2014 12:31 (69), 05/11/2019 14:35 (2), 12/26/2024 16:51 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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