PT-2009-1132 · Goahead · Goahead Web Server

Published 2009-02-06 · Updated 2009-02-06 · CVE-2002-2430

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 GoAhead WebServer versions prior to 2.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by performing a socket disconnect. This disconnect terminates a request before it has been fully processed by the server.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.1, update to version 2.1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2430

Affected Products

Goahead Web Server

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2430 · Security Note
• http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#cpu-utilization-hangs-at-100-on-a-socket-disconnect-bug01865 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-2430 · Note