Description
Web Crossing 4.x and 5.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP POST request with a large or negative Content-Length, which causes an integer divide-by-zero.
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
- Web Crossing Web Server 4.0/5.0 Component - Remote Denial of Service EDB-23648 · dos · Feb 4, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- webcrossing-contentlength-post-dos(15022) vdb-entry
- 20040203 Web Crossing 4.x/5.x Denial of Service Vulnerability mailing-list
- 9576 vdb-entry