CVE-2003-1462 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption by creating subdirectories for non-existent surveys in mod_survey.
- 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-2003-1462?
CVE-2003-1462 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
mod_survey 3.0.0 through 3.0.15-pre6 does not check whether a survey exists before creating a subdirectory for it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and possible crash).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1462?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mod Survey Mod Survey.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1462?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1462 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-2003-1462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vcxw-6r9g-hhw5.