Jigsaw Webserver MS/DOS Device Request Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11047

Synopsis

The remote web server has a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Jigsaw web server running on the remote host has a denial of service vulnerability. It was possible to exhaust all of the web server's available threads by requesting '/servlet/con' about thirty times. A remote attacker could exploit this to repeatedly freeze the web server.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of this software.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jul/191

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11047

File Name: jigsaw_msdos_dev_DoS.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/17/2002

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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 known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1052

BID: 5258