Description
SWS web server 0.0.4, 0.0.3 and 0.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a URL request that does not end with a newline.
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
- SWS Simple Web Server 0.0.3/0.0.4/0.1 - New Line Denial of Service EDB-21775 · dos · Sep 2, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5664 vdb-entry
- sws-webserver-newline-dos(10005) vdb-entry
- 20020902 SWS Web Server v0.1.0 Exploit mailing-list