CVE-2003-0511 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Aironet wireless access points by sending a malformed URL to the web server.

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-2003-0511?

CVE-2003-0511 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Jul 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The web server for Cisco Aironet AP1x00 Series Wireless devices running certain versions of IOS 12.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reload) via a malformed URL.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0511?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0511?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0511 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-2003-0511 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0511 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9p2g-3wfw-2hvg.

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