CVE-2002-0298 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ScriptEase MiniWeb Server by sending malformed HTTP GET requests with specific path traversal sequences.
- 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-2002-0298?
CVE-2002-0298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 May 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ScriptEase MiniWeb Server 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain HTTP GET requests containing (1) a %2e%2e (encoded dot-dot), (2) several /../ (dot dot) sequences, (3) a missing URI, or (4) several ../ in a URI that does not begin with a / (slash) character.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nombas Scriptease Webserver.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0298 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-2002-0298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8836-w6g9-x9gg.