A kind of vulnerability allows to open and include local files. For example, the following code contains local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerabilities: <?php $file = $_GET['file']; // "../..... Read more
Strictly speaking, file inclusion is a kind of code injection, discussed on injection attack, through which the hacker can inject a script or code into a system to be able to execute applica... Read more
Can regular expressions also cause a DoS? Yes, when the regular expressions are not well written, they may be used by malicious input and consume a lot of resources, resulting in a DoS. This... Read more
In this article, we will take a look at server limit DoS. The web server for the HTTP header has a length limit; for Apache, the default is 8192 bytes. In other words, the maximum size for t... Read more
In OWASP 2010, Wong Onn Chee and Tom Brennan demonstrated an attack similar to Slowloris, which is called HTTP POST DOS. This specifies a very large content-length value when sending the HTT... Read more
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