CVE-2003-1270 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 16 Nov 2005 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in AN HTTP server by sending a long argument to aux.cgi, potentially triggering a buffer overflow.

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-2003-1270?

CVE-2003-1270 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

AN HTTP 1.41e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (borken pipe) via an HTTP request to aux.cgi with a long argument, possibly triggering a buffer overflow or MS-DOS device vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include An An-Http.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1270 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-2003-1270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8v52-q9fv-gxr2.