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Savant Negative Content Length Denial Of Service

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Savant Negative Content Length Denial Of Service

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/01/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/01/2004
Modified
07/31/2012

Description

By repeatedly sending a GET request with a negative 'Content-Length' field, it is possible to crash the web service entirely.

Solution(s)

  • http-savant-negative-length-dos

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