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Siemens SpeedStream 6520 HTTP Request Processing Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29325
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Release Date:
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2008-03-28
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Popularity:
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3,537 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Siemens SpeedStream 6520
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1267
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Description:
laurent has reported a vulnerability in Siemens SpeedStream 6520, 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 containing an overly large "Content-Length" header. This can be exploited to cause the web service to crash via e.g. a specially crafted HTTP POST request.
Solution:
Restrict network access to the web service.
Provided and/or discovered by:
laurent
Original Advisory:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
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