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LabVIEW Web Server HTTP Get Newline DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11063

Synopsis

The remote web server is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

It was possible to kill the web server by sending a request that ends with two LF characters instead of the normal sequence CR LF CR LF (CR = carriage return, LF = line feed).

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to make this server and all LabView applications crash.

Solution

Upgrade your LabView software or run the web server with logging disabled.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Apr/334

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11063

File Name: labview_www_DoS.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/6/2002

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0748

BID: 4577