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HTB22835: DoS (Denial of Service) Risk in FlatnuX


From: advisory () htbridge ch
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:11:52 +0100 (CET)

Vulnerability ID: HTB22835
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/dos_denial_of_service_risk_in_flatnux.html
Product: FlatNux
Vendor: Alessandro Vernassa ( http://www.flatnux.altervista.org/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: flatnux-2011-01.26 and probably prior versions
Vendor Notification: 03 February 2011 
Vulnerability Type: DoS (Denial of Service) Risk
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: Low 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
This attack can be aimed to block the website. The following PoC is available:
http://host/login.html?mod[]=login&op=modprof&user=dos
Also this generated an error that will reveal the full path of the script.
Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version


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