Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold prn.htm GET Request Remote DoS

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2263

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

According to its HTTP banner, the remote host appears to be running a vulnerable version of Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold, a network management application for Microsoft Windows. It is reported that versions up to and incluing 8.03 hotfix 1 are prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability when processing certain HTTP GET requests. An attacker may deny service to legitimate users by sending a malformed GET request for the 'prn.html' file.

Solution

Upgrade to WhatsUp Gold 8.03 Hotfix 3 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2263

Family: Web Servers

Published: 9/7/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ipswitch:whatsup_gold

Reference Information

BID: 11110

Detections

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