8 : O'Reilly WebSite win-c-sample Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
8	1052	over 9 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
1997-01-06	1997-01-06

Description

O'Reilly WebSite contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The issue is due to the 'win-c-sample' program containing a remote overflow. The program fails to validate unspecified user-supplied input resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can execute custom code under the privileges of the web server process.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: remove the win-c-sample program from the web server

Note: This product has been discontinued. See vendor URL for additional details.

Products

O'Reilly Media, Inc.	WebSite Professional	2.0
		1.1c
		1.1b
	WebSite	1.1
		1.0

References

CVE ID: 1999-0178 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 2078
ISS X-Force ID: 295
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_1/0021.html
Vendor URL: http://www.oreilly.com/software/index.html?
Generic Informational URL: http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS231

Tools & Filters

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Snort	875

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Solar Designer - solarideal.ru -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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