CVE-2000-0908 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via long HTTP headers in BrowseGate proxy.
- 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-2000-0908?
CVE-2000-0908 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BrowseGate 2.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long Authorization or Referer MIME headers in the HTTP request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0908?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netcplus Browsegate.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2000-0908 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0908 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wq75-jf22-cjgp.