PT-2002-1185 · Michael Lamont · Michael Lamont Savant Web Server

Published 2002-03-15 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-0099

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Michael Lamont Savant Web Server version 3.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a long HTTP request to the "cgi-bin" directory. This request must contain a CGI program name with a large number of . (dot) characters.

Recommendations For Michael Lamont Savant Web Server version 3.0, consider restricting access to the cgi-bin directory or limiting the length of HTTP requests to prevent exploitation until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using CGI program names with a large number of . characters in the cgi-bin directory.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0099

Affected Products

Michael Lamont Savant Web Server

References · 5

• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7786.php · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0099 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3788 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=101062823305479&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101027722904078&w=2 · Note