CVE-2000-0538 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ColdFusion Administrator by submitting an excessively long login password.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0538?
CVE-2000-0538 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Allaire Coldfusion Server.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0538 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0538 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mg9-gqjh-3ggm.