Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1644 - Multiple vulnerability in Jerod Moemeka Xedus 1.0

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
jerod-moemeka
nessus
NVD
Published: 2004-08-30
Updated: 2017-07-11

Summary

Xedus 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refuse connections) by connecting multiple times from the same IP address.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Jerod_Moemeka
1

Nessus

NASL familyPeer-To-Peer File Sharing
NASL idXEDUS_DOS.NASL
descriptionThe remote host runs Xedus Peer-to-Peer web server. This version is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could stop the web server from accepting user requests by establishing multiple connections from the same host.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id14646
published2004-09-03
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14646
titleXedus Webserver Connection Saturation DoS
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(14646);
  script_version("1.24");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1644");
  script_bugtraq_id(11071);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"12418");

  script_name(english:"Xedus Webserver Connection Saturation DoS");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is running a web server with a denial of
service vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host runs Xedus Peer-to-Peer web server.  This version
is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could stop the
web server from accepting user requests by establishing multiple
connections from the same host." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?beb4bd71" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the latest version." );
 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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
 script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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: "2004/09/03");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/08/30");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();


  script_summary(english:"Checks for denial of service in Xedus");
  script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("xedus_detect.nasl");
  script_family(english:"Peer-To-Peer File Sharing");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 4274);
  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:4274, embedded:TRUE);
if ( ! get_kb_item("xedus/" + port + "/running")) exit(0);

if (! get_port_state(port)) audit(AUDIT_PORT_CLOSED, port);


  soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
  if (! soc) audit(AUDIT_SOCK_FAIL, port);

  s[0] = soc;

  for (i = 1; i < 50; i = i+1)
  {
    soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
    if (! soc)
    {
      if (service_is_dead(port: port) > 0)
        security_warning(port);
      break;
    }
    sleep(1);
    s[i] = soc;
  }

  for (j = 0; j < i; j=j+1) close(s[j]);

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