55506 : Hyperguard Web Application Firewall (WAF) HTTP Content-Length Header Request DoS
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Vendor Solution Date	Disclosure Date
2009-05-22	2009-05-22	2009-05-29	2009-07-01

Time to Patch
7 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2299" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The Artofdefence Hyperguard Web Application Firewall (WAF) module before 2.5.5-11635, 3.0 before 3.0.3-11636, and 3.1 before 3.1.1-11637, a module for the Apache HTTP Server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTTP request with a large Content-Length value but no POST data.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.1-11637, 3.0.3-11636, 2.5.5-11635 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-2299 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35550
Secunia Advisory ID: 35645
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0002.html
Vendor URL: http://www.artofdefence.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.h4ck1nb3rg.at/wafs/advisory_artofdefence_hyperguard_200907.txt

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-07-02 | Disagree?

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