Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1572 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Wenig and Spitzer-Williams Showoff Digital Media Software 1.5.4

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
wenig-and-spitzer-williams
nessus

Summary

ShowOff! 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a malformed request to port 8083.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wenig_And_Spitzer-Williams
1

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idSHOWOFF_154_MULT_VULNS.NASL
descriptionThe version of ShowOff! Digital Media Software installed on the remote host suffers from multiple vulnerabilities: - A Denial of Service Vulnerability If Picture Submissions has been enabled (it is off by default), an attacker can cause the software to stop listening for requests by sending a malformed request to the upload port for picture submissions (port 8083 by default). - Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities An attacker can retrieve files outside the configured web document root, potentially resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id18249
published2005-05-12
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18249
titleShowOff! Digital Media Software <= 1.5.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description) {
  script_id(18249);
  script_version("1.12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1571", "CVE-2005-1572");
  script_bugtraq_id(13598);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"15300");

  script_name(english:"ShowOff! Digital Media Software <= 1.5.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is affected by multiple issues." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ShowOff! Digital Media Software installed on the remote
host suffers from multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A Denial of Service Vulnerability
    If Picture Submissions has been enabled (it is off by
    default), an attacker can cause the software to stop
    listening for requests by sending a malformed request
    to the upload port for picture submissions (port 8083
    by default).

  - Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
    An attacker can retrieve files outside the configured
    web document root, potentially resulting in the 
    disclosure of sensitive information." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Unknown at this time." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
 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: "2005/05/12");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/05/10");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/27 18:38:15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();

 
  script_summary(english:"Checks for multiple remote vulnerabilities in ShowOff! Digital Media Software <= 1.5.4");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"Web Servers");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

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


# Make sure the server's banner indicates it's from ShowOff!
port = get_http_port(default:80);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if (!banner) exit(1, "No HTTP banner on port "+port);
if (banner !~ "^Server: ShowOff!") exit(0, "The web server on port "+port+" is not ShowOff.");


# Try to exploit the directory traversal vulnerability.
#
# nb: this exploit requests the file 'ShowOffServer.url' that resides 
#     above the htdocs directory.
w = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:"/ShowGraphic?/../ShowOffServer.url", port:port);
if (isnull(w)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" did not answer.");
res = w[2];

# There's a problem if it looks like the file should.
if (egrep(string: res, pattern: "^\[InternetShortcut\]"))
  security_hole(port);