Donato Ferrante

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

Version: 2.1.348

Bug: Denial Of Service

Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato (at) autistici (dot) org [email concealed]
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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