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Pi3Web HTTP Request Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA25009
Release Date: 2007-04-30
Last Update: 2007-05-02
Popularity: 3,102 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Pi3Web 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2415


Description:
Gaurav Deshpande has discovered a vulnerability in Pi3Web HTTP Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing HTTP requests and can be exploited to terminate the service via an overly long, specially crafted HTTP request consisting of e.g. multiple "/A" characters.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.3 PL1 on Windows. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply PL2.
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pi3web/Pi3Web-x86Win32-2_0_3-pl2.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
Gaurav Deshpande

Changelog:
2007-05-02: Added CVE reference.

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