HTTP Cookie overflow
advICE :Intrusions : 2000638

Summary

A long "Cookie" field containing binary characters has been seen, probably an indication of a buffer overflow attempt.

Details

The Cookie field is a small bit of text that a website plants on your computer, which your browser then sends back to the website every time you revisit it. In this manner, the website can track you.

Some versions of website software contain bugs in their implementation of cookies. They can be broken into by buffer overflow exploits.

This signature triggers when a long HTTP "Cookie:" field has been seen.

parametric information length The length of the field. cookie The value of the field.

 
Version appeared: 2.5