OSVDB ID: 71003

Title: Hiawatha HTTP Content-Length Header Parsing DoS

Info

Disclosure

Feb 25, 2011

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Mar 07, 2011

Solution

Feb 25, 2011

Description

Hiawatha contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when when parsing HTTP header data, allowing a remote attacker to use a large value Content-Length header to cause a denial of service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Hugo Leisink

Hiawatha

7.4

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/71003