From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 06:06:09 CST

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TITLE:
Sami HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10894

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10894/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sami HTTP Server 1.0.x

DESCRIPTION:
badpack3t has discovered a vulnerability in Sami HTTP Server, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error
when handling certain user input. This can be exploited to crash the
web server by sending certain data (e.g. by telnetting to the service
and just sending a "." character).

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0.4. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Use another product.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
badpack3t

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1746

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