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Domino HTTP Denial

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Crashes the Domino HTTP server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It was possible to perform a denial of service against the remote
HTTP server by sending it a long /cgi-bin relative URL.

This problem permits a possible hacker to prevent your Lotus Domino web
server from handling requests.

Solution : contact your vendor for a patch, or change your server.
Consider changing cgi-bin mapping by something impossible to guess
in server document of primary Notes NAB.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 881

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison et Alain Thivillon

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