Description
Reptile Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via multiple incomplete GET requests without the HTTP version.
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
- Reptile Web Server Reptile Web Server 20020105 - Denial of Service EDB-23590 · dos · Jan 23, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1008842 vdb-entry
- 20040124 Resources consumption in Reptile webserver daily version mailing-list
- 9482 vdb-entry
- http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/reptilewsDailyVersion-adv.txt
- reptilewebserver-get-dos(14932) vdb-entry