Cerbere Proxy Server Long Host Header Field Overflow DoS

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2194

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running Cerbere Proxy Server, a HTTP/FTP proxy server for Windows operating systems. It is reported that versions up to and including 1.2 are vulnerable to a remote denial of service in the 'Host:' HTTP field processing. An attacker may craft a malicious HTTP request with a large 'Host:' field to deny service to legitimate users.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2194

Family: Web Servers

Published: 9/1/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.5

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: 7.3

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:H/RL:U/RC:X

Reference Information

BID: 11085

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