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ICQ Web Front Service guestbook.cgi DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10347

Synopsis

The remote host is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

The remote web server appears to be the ICQ Web Front service for ICQ.

An unauthenticated attacker can crash the version of ICQ Web Front installed on the remote host by connecting to it and sending a special request, '/cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi?'.

Solution

Deactivate ICQ Web Front's web server service.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Oct/123

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10347

File Name: icq_crash.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/15/2000

Updated: 1/19/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-1078

BID: 1463