CVE-2004-2517

myserver 0.7.1 - Denial of Service via Long HTTP POST Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2517. PoCs published by Tom Ferris.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends a malformed POST request with an excessively long header to MyServer 0.7.1, causing a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the server. The PoC is straightforward and targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTP request handling.

Description

myServer 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP POST request in a View=Logon operation to index.html.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Tom Ferris · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/551

This exploit sends a malformed POST request with an excessively long header to MyServer 0.7.1, causing a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the server. The PoC is straightforward and targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTP request handling.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MyServer 0.7.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · Target server running MyServer 0.7.1
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/10333
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17496
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://fux0r.phathookups.com/advisory/sp-x14-advisory.txt
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12640
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011427

Scores

EPSS 0.0360
EPSS Percentile 88.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
myserver/myserver 0.7.1
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026