CVE-2004-1204 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the FluxBox window manager by passing a long title argument to Xman, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-1204?
CVE-2004-1204 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
FluxBox 0.9.10 and earlier versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by calling Xman with a long -title value, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1204?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fluxbox-Team Fluxbot.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1204?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2004-1204 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1204 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1204, GHSA-rr2m-cc23-5mr3.