CVE-2001-0390 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in IBM WebSphere NetCommerce by sending a long string of newline characters to the macro.d2w endpoint.
- 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-2001-0390?
CVE-2001-0390 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 24 May 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Websphere/NetCommerce3 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by directly calling the macro.d2w macro with a long string of %0a characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0390?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Ibm Net.commerce, Ibm Net.commerce Hosting Server, Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0390?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0390 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-2001-0390 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0390 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6p2-rcmv-fx7v.