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Verity UltraSeek 3.1.x Malformed URL Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10542

Synopsis

The remote server is vulnerable to a denial of service.

Description

It is possible to make the remote UltraSeek server hang temporarily by requesting :

/index.html?&col=&ht=0&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&si=1&si=1&ql=../../../index

An attacker may use this flaw to prevent this site from responding to valid client requests.

Solution

Upgrade to UltraSeek 4.x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10542

File Name: ultraseek_dos.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 11/1/2000

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2000

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-1019

BID: 1866