CVE-2002-1169 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server by sending a malformed HTTP request to helpout.exe.
- 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-2002-1169?
CVE-2002-1169 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Caching Proxy Server.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1169 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-2002-1169 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-1169 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r9j9-vw7q-2w2h.