Description
Memory leak in eServ 2.9x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of connections, whose memory is not freed when the connection is terminated.
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 2
- EType EServ 2.98/2.99/3.0 - Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service) (1) EDB-22585 · dos · May 11, 2003 · verified
- EType EServ 2.98/2.99/3.0 - Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service) (2) EDB-22586 · dos · May 11, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- eserv-multiple-connections-dos(11973) vdb-entry
- 20030511 eServ Memory Leak Enables Denial of Service Attacks mailing-list
- 7552 vdb-entry
- 20030513 eServ Memory Leak Solution mailing-list
- 20030511 eServ Memory Leak Enables Denial of Service Attacks mailing-list