Donato Ferrante


Application:  wMCam server
              http://www.invicta.se

Version:      2.1.348

Bug:          Denial Of Service

Author:       Donato Ferrante
              e-mail: fdonato@autistici.org
              web:    www.autistici.org/fdonato


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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix


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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:

"wMCam server turns your computer into a Webcam Server."



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2. The bug:
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The server is not able to manage a lot of not regular connections, in
fact it will stay up but it will not accept new connections.



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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability establish about 300 connections with the
server and send for each of these a little amount of data like:

"test_string"


NOTE: the data sent to the server must not contain the 'GET'.



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4. The fix:
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Bug fixed in the version 2.1.354.



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