Description
SurfNOW 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of long HTTP GET requests, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
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
- Loom Software SurfNow 1.x/2.x - GET Remote Denial of Service EDB-23614 · dos · Jan 28, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 9519 vdb-entry
- 20040128 Denial Of Service in SurfNOW 2.2 mailing-list
- surfnow-get-dos(14976) vdb-entry