CVE-2009-2732
ntop < 3.3.10 - Denial of Service via Malformed Authorization Header
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-2732. PoCs published by Brad Antoniewicz.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) in ntop by sending a malformed HTTP Basic Authentication header, causing a NULL-pointer dereference during base64 decoding and username processing.
Description
The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.
Exploits (1)
This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) in ntop by sending a malformed HTTP Basic Authentication header, causing a NULL-pointer dereference during base64 decoding and username processing.