Title: John O'Fallon 'responder.cgi' DoS Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
'responder.cgi' is a free CGI shell script, written in C, for MacHTTP Server and other MacOS webserver products.
It is possible to cause a denial of service to MacHTTP webserver due to improper bounds checking in the script 'responder.cgi'.
The GET/POST query string for 'responder.cgi' cannot handle requests that contain more than 256 characters. Issuing an HTTP GET request which exceeds the set boundaries will cause a denial of service to the host.
The webserver will need to be restarted to regain normal functionality.
Affected Products:
- John O'Fallon Responder.cgi 1.0.0
References:
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