Description
Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word.
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
- Cherokee Web server 0.5.4 - Denial of Service EDB-9874 · dos · Oct 26, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1023095 vdb-entry
- http://xc0re.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/cherokee-web-server-0-5-4-denial-of-service/
- 20091103 Re: Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 Denial Of Service mailing-list
- 36814 vdb-entry
- 20091026 Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 Denial Of Service mailing-list
- cherokee-get-dos(53957) vdb-entry