CVE-2003-1296 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can crash the Easy File Sharing Web Server by submitting malformed data in specific form fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1296?
CVE-2003-1296 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Mar 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via (1) an "empty symbol" in the Title field or (2) certain data in the Your Message field, possibly a long argument.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1296?
How do I fix CVE-2003-1296?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1296 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-2003-1296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7p4w-wg6m-2x69.