Detections
Analytics
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
Reference Information
BID: 11085