4D WebSTAR Tomcat Plugin Remote Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18212

Synopsis

The remote web server is susceptible to a remote buffer overflow attack.

Description

The remote server is running 4D WebSTAR Web Server.

According to its banner, the remote version of 4D WebSTAR has a buffer overflow in its Web Server Tomcat plugin, included and activated by default. By sending a malicious packet, an attacker may be able to crash the affected service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the affected host, although that appears to be improbable.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/May/85

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18212

File Name: 4d_webstar_remote_buff_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/9/2005

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1507

BID: 13538, 14192