CVE-2001-1575 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Apple Personal Web Sharing by sending a long password when authentication is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1575?
CVE-2001-1575 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Apple Personal Web Sharing (PWS) 1.1, 1.5, and 1.5.5, when Web Sharing authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long password, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1575?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Personal Web Sharing.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1575?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1575 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-2001-1575 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1575 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc7r-mqcw-8xgh.