Description
BrowseGate 2.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long Authorization or Referer MIME headers in the HTTP request.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- NetcPlus BrowseGate 2.80 - Denial of Service EDB-20233 · dos · Sep 21, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000921 DST2K0031: DoS in BrowseGate(Home) v2.80(H) mailing-list
- 20000921 DST2K0031: DoS in BrowseGate(Home) v2.80(H) mailing-list
- 1702 vdb-entry
- http://www.netcplus.com/browsegate.htm#BGLatest
- browsegate-http-dos(5270) vdb-entry