Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0142 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PI3 Pi3Web 2.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
pi3
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2002-03-25
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

CGI handler in John Roy Pi3Web for Windows 2.0 beta 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of requests whose physical path is exactly 260 characters long and ends in a series of . (dot) characters.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Pi3
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionJohn Roy Pi3Web 2.0 For Windows Long Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2002-0142. Remote exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:21225
last seen2016-02-02
modified2002-01-14
published2002-01-14
reporteraT4r
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/21225/
titleJohn Roy Pi3Web 2.0 For Windows Long Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idPI3WEB_DOS.NASL
descriptionThe remote server may crash when it is sent a very long CGI parameter multiple times, as in : GET /cgi-bin/hello.exe?AAAAA[...]AAAA An attacker may use this flaw to prevent the remote host from working properly.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11099
published2002-08-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11099
titlePi3Web < 2.0.1 CGI Handler Long Parameter Handling Overflow
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# We do banner checking, as I could not get my hands on a vulnerable version
#
# Refs: http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250126
#


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(11099);
 script_version ("1.22");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0142");
 script_bugtraq_id(3866);

 script_name(english:"Pi3Web < 2.0.1 CGI Handler Long Parameter Handling Overflow");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is vulnerable to a denial of service." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote server may crash when it is sent a very long CGI parameter 
multiple times, as in :

	GET /cgi-bin/hello.exe?AAAAA[...]AAAA
	
An attacker may use this flaw to prevent the remote host from working 
properly." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to version 2.0.1 of Pi3Web." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2002/08/22");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2002/01/14");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/24 18:56:13");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:pi3:pi3web");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Tests for a DoS in Pi3Web");
 script_category(ACT_MIXED_ATTACK);
 script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
 script_family(english: "Web Servers");
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);

banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if ( "Pi3Web/" >!< banner ) exit(0);

if(egrep(pattern:"^Server: Pi3Web/2\.0\.[01]([^0-9]|$)", string:banner))
{
  security_warning(port);
  # No use to try the DoS if the banner matches
  exit(0);
}

if (safe_checks()) exit(0);

if (http_is_dead(port: port)) exit(0);

foreach d (cgi_dirs())
{
 cgi = strcat(d, "/hello.exe");
 req = http_mk_get_req(port: port, item: strcat(cgi, "?", crap(224)));

 for (i = 0; i < 5; i ++)	# is 5 enough?
 {
  r = http_send_recv_req(port: port, req: req);
  if (isnull(r) || r[0] =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 404") break;
 }
}

if (http_is_dead(port: port, retry: 3)) security_warning(port);

References