Hiawatha < 3.6 URL Handling Weakness

high Nessus Plugin ID 69037

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a URL handling weakness with an unspecified impact.

Description

According to its server response header, the installed version of Hiawatha is a version prior to 3.6. A flaw exists in the handling of malicious characters within URLs that has an unspecified impact.

Solution

Upgrade to Hiawatha 3.6 or later.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69037

File Name: hiawatha_url_handling_weakness.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: 8/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2005