CVE-2002-0386 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Oracle Web Cache via malformed HTTP requests, causing denial of service.
- 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-2002-0386?
CVE-2002-0386 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 29 Oct 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The administration module for Oracle Web Cache in Oracle9iAS (9i Application Suite) 9.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) an HTTP GET request containing a ".." (dot dot) sequence, or (2) a malformed HTTP GET request with a chunked Transfer-Encoding with missing data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0386?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0386?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0386 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-2002-0386 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0386 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cmx-xcp4-7gh7.