Title: Sun Cobalt RaQ Service.CGI HTTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerablity
Severity: HIGH
Description:
RaQ is a server appliance originally developed by Cobalt. It is now distributed and maintained by Sun Microsystems.
A problem with the HTTP server included with Cobalt RaQ systems makes it possible to deny service to legitimate users of the system. The problem is in the handling of long requests.
Under some circumstances, the HTTP server of a Cobalt RaQ system may crash. When a remote user places an excessively long request to the service.cgi script, the results can be unpredictable. It has been reported that a request such as http://www.example.com:81/cgi-bin/.cobalt/alert/service.cgi?service=/AAAAAAAAA...(Ax100000)...AAA will cause the HTTP server to crash.
This problem could lead to a denial of service, and may be due to a potential buffer overflow.
Affected Products:
- Cobalt RaQ 2.0.0
- Cobalt RaQ 3.0.0
- Cobalt RaQ 4.0.0
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