CVE-2001-0583 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in MDaemon by sending requests for MS-DOS device names to its web services.
- 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-2001-0583?
CVE-2001-0583 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jul 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 3.5.4 allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service via the URL request of a MS-DOS device (such as GET /aux) to (1) the Worldclient service at port 3000, or (2) the Webconfig service at port 3001.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0583?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Alt-N Mdaemon.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0583?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0583 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-2001-0583 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0583 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r3px-pvv4-w76c.