CVE-2003-1263 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the iCal web server by sending a malformed HTTP request, 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-2003-1263?
CVE-2003-1263 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ICAL.EXE in iCal 3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed HTTP request, possibly due to an invalid method name.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1263?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Brown Bear Software Ical.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1263?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1263 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-2003-1263 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-1263 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcg7-8c46-x54c.