Title: Xitami Webserver MS-DOS Device Name DoS Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Xitami is a webserver for Windows 98/Me from Imatix.
Versions of Xitami are vulnerable to a denial of service attack.
It is possible to remotely crash a system running Xitami webserver by submitting a URL request for an MS-DOS devicename, such as
www.example.com/aux
A hard reboot of the exploited server will be required to restore web services.
This vulnerability may also be exploited by executing the command 'cd con/con' while connected to the Xitami ftp server, which is enabled by default.
Affected Products:
- Imatix Xitami for Windows 2.4.0 d7
- Imatix Xitami for Windows 2.5.0 b4
References:
- iMatix: Xitami Homepage
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