CVE-2002-0142 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Pi3Web web server by sending requests with specific long paths ending in dots.
- 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-2002-0142?
CVE-2002-0142 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CGI handler in John Roy Pi3Web for Windows 2.0 beta 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of requests whose physical path is exactly 260 characters long and ends in a series of . (dot) characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0142?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pi3 Pi3web.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0142 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-2002-0142 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0142 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xr59-5hjm-9x3g.