Savant Web server long URL buffer overflow
| savant-long-url-bo (10076) |  High Risk |
Description:
Savant is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the handling of overly long URL requests. By sending a URL request of 291 or more characters to the Web server, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the Web server to crash or execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the Web server process.
Platforms Affected:
- Savant, Savant 3.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Foundstone Labs Advisory 091002-SVWS, Buffer Overflow in Savant Web Server at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0112.html. (From Neohapsis archive)
- Savant Web site, Savant Web Server at http://savant.sourceforge.net/index.html.
- BID-5686: Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1120: Buffer overflow in Savant Web Server 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.
Reported:
Sep 10, 2002
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