Description
Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via directory specifiers in the LANGUAGE parameter to (1) index.tmpl and (2) web.tmpl, such as (a) slash "/", (b) backslash "\", (c) dot ".",, (d) dot dot "..", and (e) internal slash "lang//en".
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
- Gattaca Server 2003 - 'web.tmpl?Language' CPU Consumption (Denial of Service) EDB-24282 · dos · Jul 15, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/Gattaca%20Server%202003.txt
- 7923 vdb-entry
- 12071 third-party-advisory
- 10728 vdb-entry
- http://www.gattaca-server.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=gattaca_discussion%3Baction=display%3Bnum=1091194176%3Bstart=0#0
- gattaca-language-path-disclosure(16700) vdb-entry
- 1010703 vdb-entry