| Plugin ID | 301 |
| Plugin name | BitKeeper remote command execution |
| Plugin filename | BitKeeper remote command execution.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2124 bytes |
| Plugin family | HTTP |
| Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
| Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin created company | computec.ch |
| Plugin created date | 2005/01/04 |
| Plugin version | 1.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 8080 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|send HEAD / HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists Server: bkhttp/0.3 |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 85 |
| Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison |
| Bug affected | BitKeeper |
| Bug vulnerability class | Unknown |
| Bug description | The remote host is running a version 3.0.x of BitKeeper. Some versions of this service are known to allow anyone execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the BitKeeper daemon. |
| Bug solution | Contact the vendor for a fix. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Maybe |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Maybe |
| Bug severity | High |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 6 |
| Bug impact | 9 |
| Bug risk | 7 |
| Bug Nessus risk | High |
| Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 11198 (BitKeeper remote command execution). |
| Source SecuriTeam URL | http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5TP0D0K8UQ.html |
| Source Nessus ID | 11198 |
| Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
| Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |