Signature Detail
Short Name |
P2P:BITTORRENT:BT-TRACKER-DOS |
|---|---|
Severity |
Medium |
Recommended |
No |
Recommended Action |
Drop |
Category |
P2P |
Keywords |
p2p bittorrent dos |
Release Date |
2004/05/26 |
Update Number |
1213 |
Supported Platforms |
idp-4.1+, isg-3.5+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+ |
P2P: BitTorrent Tracker Denial of Service
This signature detects malformed Authorization strings sent to a BitTorrent tracker server. Attackers can send an HTTP Authorization: Basic A== to a BitTorrent server and interrupt the service.
Extended Description
An attacker can cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system with the privileges of the BitTorrent Tracker server process.
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