RE: Changes to 11395, 10844, 11142 and http_keepalive.inc

From: Jackson, Dennis (Dennis.Jacksonat_private)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 08:23:15 PDT

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    Have you been able to try these scripts against Compaq Insight Manager.
    
    Compaq Insight Manager always gets huge numbers of false positives on ports
    2301/tcp, 2381/tcp and 49400/tcp.
    
    > ----------
    > From: 	Paul Johnston[SMTP:paulat_private]
    > Sent: 	12 September 2003 14:48
    > To: 	plugins-writersat_private; Renaud Deraison
    > Subject: 	Changes to 11395, 10844, 11142 and http_keepalive.inc
    > 
    > <<File: http_keepalive.inc.txt>><<File: iis_xss_idc.nasl.txt>><<File:
    > frontpage_xss.nasl.txt>><<File: asp_net_css.nasl.txt>>
    > Hi,
    > 
    > I have coded up the change I suggested to stop these plugins causing 
    > false positives when the XSS url appears in the response headers. I've 
    > added a bodyonly option to http_keepalive_send_recv, and modified the 
    > plugins to use this function.
    > 
    > I've tested them against a simple CGI scripts that's vulnerable to all 
    > XSS and they work fine, but I don't have vulnerable hosts to test 
    > against. And I did check keepalive operation when keepalives disabled - 
    > works fine.
    > 
    > Best wishes,
    > 
    > Paul
    > 
    > -- 
    > Paul Johnston
    > Internet Security Specialist
    > Westpoint Limited
    > Albion Wharf, 19 Albion Street,
    > Manchester, M1 5LN
    > England
    > Tel: +44 (0)161 237 1028
    > Fax: +44 (0)161 237 1031
    > email: paulat_private
    > web: www.westpoint.ltd.uk
    > 
    > 
    
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