Summary
This host is running Firefly MediaServer and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause the server to crash, denying service to legitimate users.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to multiple NULL pointer dereference errors within the 'firefly.exe' when processing requests with malformed 'CONNECTION', 'ACCEPT-LANGUGE', 'USER-AGENT', and 'HOST' HTTP header value or malformed HTTP protocol version.
Affected
Firefly MediaServer version 1.0.0.1359 and prior
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5875 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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