Xedus Webserver Connection Saturation DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 14646

Synopsis

The remote host is running a web server with a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host runs Xedus Peer-to-Peer web server. This version is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could stop the web server from accepting user requests by establishing multiple connections from the same host.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?beb4bd71

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14646

File Name: xedus_dos.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Published: 9/3/2004

Updated: 6/12/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1644

BID: 11071

Secunia: 12418