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O'Reilly WebSite win-c-sample Remote Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 10008

Synopsis

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

Description

This web server appears to be a version of O'Reilly WebSite that has a buffer overflow vulnerability in its '/cgi-shl/win-c-sample.exe' script. By passing a specially crafted argument to this script, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this overflow to execute arbitrary code on the affected host subject to the privileges under which the service operates.

Solution

Upgrade to O'Reilly WebSite version 2.5, which reportedly addresses the vulnerability.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1997/Jan/25

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10008

File Name: WebSite.nasl

Version: 1.42

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/22/1999

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/1997

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0178

BID: 2078