Description
WebSpeed 3.x in OpenEdge 10.x in Progress Software Progress 9.1e, and certain other 9.x versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a messenger URL that invokes _edit.r with no additional parameters, as demonstrated by requests for cgiip.exe or wsisa.dll with WService=wsbroker1/_edit.r in the PATH_INFO.
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
- Progress WebSpeed 3.0/3.1 - Denial of Service EDB-29943 · dos · May 2, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://progress.atgnow.com/esprogress/resultDisplay.do?gotoLink=115&docType=1006&clusterName=CombinedCluster&contentId=12&groupId=3&answerGroup=1&score=1932&page=http%3A%2F%2Fprogress.atgnow.com%2Fesprogress%2Fdocs%2FSolutions%2FProgress%2FESERVER_P123694.xhtml&result=0&excerpt=P123694
- 23778 vdb-entry
- http://www.ishare.nl/
- 20070502 response Progress: Denial of Service attack against WebSpeed possible mailing-list
- 35541 vdb-entry
- 20070501 Disable website access for sites running Webspeed mailing-list
- 25129 third-party-advisory