Hiawatha Tomahawk poll DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69035

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its server response header, the installed version of Hiawatha is a version prior to 8.8.1. A flaw exists in the 'poll' function in Tomahawk that could lead to a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Hiawatha 8.8.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/changelog

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69035

File Name: hiawatha_tomahawk_poll_dos.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/24/2013

Updated: 8/10/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:hiawatha:webserver

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/hiawatha

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013