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[SA12578] Whatsup Gold Reserved DOS Device Name HTTP Request Denial of Service

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Sat Sep 18 2004 - 07:50:03 CDT

TITLE:
Whatsup Gold Reserved DOS Device Name HTTP Request Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12578

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12578/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/3839/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in WhatsUp Gold, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the HTTP service when
handling reserved DOS device names. This can be exploited via a HTTP
GET request for a resource with a reserved DOS device name.

Example:
http://[victim]/prn.htm

Successful exploitation crashes the application.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 8.0.3 and 8.0.3 Hotfix
1. Prior versions may also be affected.

NOTE: The web service is not enabled by default.

SOLUTION:
Apply WhatsUp Gold 8.03 Hotfix 2:
ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com/Ipswitch/Product_Support/WhatsUp/wug803HF2.exe

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=142&type=vulnerabilities

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