CVE-2002-1052 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or disclose server paths in Jigsaw web server by using MS-DOS device names in HTTP requests.
- 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-2002-1052?
CVE-2002-1052 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Jigsaw 2.2.1 on Windows systems allows remote attackers to use MS-DOS device names in HTTP requests to (1) cause a denial of service using the "con" device, or (2) obtain the physical path of the server using two requests to the "aux" device.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1052?
It affects 1 product.
Products include W3c Jigsaw.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1052?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1052 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-2002-1052 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1052 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgwf-x3rj-c9m5.