Alt-N WorldClient Pro 2.0.0.0/2.0.1.0/Standard 2.0.0.0 - Long URL Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

19640


Author:

Ussr Labs

Type:

dos


Platform:

Windows

Date:

1999-11-26


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/823/info

Alt-N's WorldClient is an email webserver that allows it's users to retrieve email via HTTP. It is susceptible to denial of service attacks due to an unchecked buffer in the request handler. Supplying a long url will crash the server.

http ://target.host:2000/[long string]