CVE-2001-1405 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 31 Aug 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause denial of service by flooding the sanitycheck.cgi endpoint, which lacks access restrictions in Bugzilla.

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-2001-1405?

CVE-2001-1405 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Bugzilla before 2.14 does not restrict access to sanitycheck.cgi, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of requests to sanitycheck.cgi.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1405?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1405 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-2001-1405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-j2c7-fx5p-x2jv.