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Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability

Vulnerability Note VU#339779

Original Release Date: 2002-09-27 | Last Revised: 2002-09-27

Overview

Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability in handling of the HTTP 1.1 Host header.

Description

Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability in handling of the HTTP 1.1 Host header. HTTP requests with long Host headers will cause Savant to crash.

Impact

Remote attackers can cause Savant Web Server to crash and may be able to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Solution

The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Vendor Information

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Savant Developers Affected

Updated:  September 25, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us email.


CVSS Metrics

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Temporal N/A N/A
Environmental N/A

References

http://savant.sourceforge.net/

Acknowledgements

Thanks to nitr0s for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

CVE IDs: None
Severity Metric: 3.96
Date Public: 2001-04-05
Date First Published: 2002-09-27
Date Last Updated: 2002-09-27 16:00 UTC
Document Revision: 4

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