Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

From: Tamer Sahin (ts@securityoffice.net)
Date: 01/05/02 

From: "Tamer Sahin" <ts@securityoffice.net>
To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 20:40:36 +0200

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Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Type:
DoS, crashes Daemon

Release Date:
January 5, 2002

Product / Vendor:
Savant is a freeware open source web server that runs on Windows 95,
98, ME, NT, and 2000, turning any desktop computer into a powerful
web server. Designed to be fast, secure, and efficient, Savant is
the choice of thousands of professional and amateur webmasters
worldwide.

http://savant.sourceforge.net

Summary:
Server crashes after sending very long parameter a few times.

http://host/cgi-bin/cgi-test.pl.......................................
......................................................................
......................................................................
...........................................................

The instruction at "0x002e2e3d" referenced memory at "0xac40303c".
The memory could not be "written".

Log:
Error File: <error.txt>
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- -
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Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: TCP buffer overflow
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process
Error: Failure to create CGI Process

Tested:
Windows 2000 / Savant 3.0

Vulnerable:
Savant 3.0 (And may be other)

Disclaimer:
http://www.securityoffice.net is not responsible for the misuse or
illegal use of any of the information and/or the software listed on
this security advisory.

Author:
Tamer Sahin
ts@securityoffice.net
http://www.securityoffice.net

Tamer Sahin
http://www.securityoffice.net
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Relevant Pages

  • Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    ... Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability ... Error: TCP buffer overflow ... Failure to create CGI Process ...
    (NT-Bugtraq)
  • [NT] Savant Webserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    ... The following security advisory is sent to the securiteam mailing list, and can be found at the SecuriTeam web site: http://www.securiteam.com ... Error: TCP buffer overflow ... Failure to create CGI Process ...
    (Securiteam)
  • Re: DATETIME like YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
    ... since I do not believe that this is the only way of failure ... > waiting there. ... OK, educate me, where are the other oppotunites for buffer overflow? ...
    (comp.lang.cpp)