PT-2002-2588 · Unknown · Simple Web Server

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1866

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 Simple Web Server (SWS) versions 0.0.4 through 0.1.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically file descriptor exhaustion, by making multiple requests for non-existent pages, resulting in the server failing to close file descriptors for 404 error messages.

Recommendations For versions 0.0.4 through 0.1.0, consider implementing a workaround to close file descriptors for 404 error messages to prevent denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1866

Affected Products

Simple Web Server

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1866 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5659 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10071.php · Note