[34089] in bugtraq
DoS in wMCam server 2.1.348
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donato Ferrante)
Wed Mar 10 15:08:54 2004
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:48:47 -0000
To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
From: "Donato Ferrante" <fdonato@autistici.org>
Message-Id: <20040310124847.30F6B23FAB@chernobyl.investici.org>
Donato Ferrante
Application: wMCam server
http://www.invicta.se
Version: 2.1.348
Bug: Denial Of Service
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato@autistici.org
web: www.autistici.org/fdonato
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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix
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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:
"wMCam server turns your computer into a Webcam Server."
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2. The bug:
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The server is not able to manage a lot of not regular connections, in
fact it will stay up but it will not accept new connections.
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability establish about 300 connections with the
server and send for each of these a little amount of data like:
"test_string"
NOTE: the data sent to the server must not contain the 'GET'.
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4. The fix:
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Bug fixed in the version 2.1.354.
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