CVE-2002-2258 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Moby NetSuite by sending malformed HTTP POST requests with invalid Content-Length headers, causing a 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-2002-2258?
CVE-2002-2258 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Moby NetSuite allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP POST request with a (1) large integer or (2) non-numeric value in the Content-Length header, which causes an access violation after a failed atoi function call.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2258?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mobydisk Netsuite.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2258?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2258 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-2002-2258 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-2258 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmx7-wrrg-r398.