Jigsaw < 2.2.4 URI Parsing Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1161

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host appears to be running a version of the Jigsaw web server which is older than 2.2.4. This version is vulnerable to a bug in the way it parses URI. An attacker might exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on this host.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.2.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.w3.org/Jigsaw/RelNotes.html#2.2.4

http://jigsaw.w3.org

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1161

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 12071

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:w3c:jigsaw

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2274

BID: 9711