CVE-2004-1727 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in BadBlue web server by exhausting connection resources with multiple requests from a single IP.

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-2004-1727?

CVE-2004-1727 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

BadBlue 2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refuse HTTP connections) via a large number of connections from the same IP address.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1727?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Working Resources Inc. Badblue.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1727?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1727 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-2004-1727 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1727 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q4j5-jpvw-4ww8.

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