Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal HTTP GET Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-1023. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

BadBlue server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP GET request without a URI.

The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2002 by Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy) (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11062 (BadBlue Malformed GET Request Remote 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86361 (Working Resources BadBlue Get Request Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9528), Exploit-DB (21600), Tenable (11062), SecurityFocus (BID 5187†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1668†). The entries VDB-18936 and VDB-18935 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11062
Nessus Name: BadBlue Malformed GET Request Remote DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 11062
OpenVAS Name: BadBlue invalid GET DoS
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07/08/2002 🔍
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08/06/2002 +29 days 🔍
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07/29/2014 +4003 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18937
X-Force: 9528
SecurityFocus: 5187 - Working Resources BadBlue Get Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1668 - DoS in BadBlue Web Server via HTTP GET Request Without URI, High

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

Created: 07/29/2014 12:02
Updated: 09/10/2025 14:59
Changes: 07/29/2014 12:02 (66), 05/11/2019 12:45 (4), 05/12/2025 08:20 (27), 09/10/2025 14:59 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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