RE: segfault in ntop

From: Craig Humphrey (Craig.Humphreyat_private)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 18:39:35 PDT

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    I think this was fixed recently as it doesn't happen in my v.2.0.99 build
    (from a recent cvs).
    
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: JP [mailto:pxat_private]
    > Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 5:13 AM
    > To: bugtraqat_private
    > Subject: segfault in ntop
    > 
    > 
    > I'm sorry if this has already been discussed on here before, 
    > but I went
    > through the thread and saw nothing on it.
    > 
    > I was able to remotley segfault ntop v.2.0.0 using Netscape 
    > 6.1 by simply
    > specifying a command in the url location bar.  For example:
    > 
    > http://ntop.site.com:port/`ls`
    > 
    > That above command will cause ntop to segfault and core dump. 
    >  I tried a
    > few different commands, ls and su segfaulted ntop, whereas 
    > everything else
    > I tried gave a 403 error, but ntop stayed online.
    > 
    > Here's information about my ntop platform:
    > 
    > Mandrake Linux v8.1 kernel 2.4.8-26mdk
    > ntop v.2.0.0 MT [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (01/24/02 03:04:18 PM build)
    > 
    > I was able to segfault ntop from the following platforms:
    > 
    > Mandrake Linux v8.1 kernel 2.4.8-26mdk with Netscape v6.1
    > (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2) 
    > Gecko/20010726 Netscape6/6.1)
    > 
    > Mandrake Linux v8.1 kernel 2.4.8-26mdk with Opera 5.0 for 
    > Linux - 20010510 Build 024 -[5]
    > 
    > Windows 2000 Server 5.00.2195 SP2 with Netscape v6.2.2
    > (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1)
    > Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2)
    > 
    > I was unable to duplicate this segfault with the following browsers:
    > 
    > Internet Explorer v6.0.2600.0000
    > Konqueror v2.2.1
    > 
    > I did not test any other platforms or browsers than the ones 
    > listed here.
    > I have notified ntop and haven't received a response yet.
    > 
    > Thanks,
    > 
    > jason
    > 
    



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