DiGi Web Server HTTP GET Request denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in DiGi Web Server. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1973. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DiGi Web Server (Web Server) (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

DiGi Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request that contains a large number of / (slash) characters, which consumes resources when DiGi converts the slashes to \ (backslash) characters.

The weakness was disclosed 04/27/2004 by Donato Ferrante (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1973 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (15987), Exploit-DB (24066), SecurityFocus (BID 10228†), OSVDB (5702†) and Secunia (SA11490†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Donato Ferrante
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1973 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1973
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21797
X-Force: 15987 - DiGi WWW Server slash denial of service
SecurityFocus: 10228 - DiGi WWW Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 11490 - DiGi WWW Server Long Request Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 5702 - DiGi Web Server GET Request Handling Remote DoS

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 11:34
Updated: 01/06/2025 00:36
Changes: 10/16/2014 11:34 (57), 07/06/2017 08:06 (7), 01/06/2025 00:36 (23)
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