CVE-2004-1973 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in DiGi Web Server by sending HTTP GET requests with excessive slash characters, leading to high CPU consumption.
- 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-2004-1973?
CVE-2004-1973 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DiGi Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request that contains a large number of / (slash) characters, which consumes resources when DiGi converts the slashes to \ (backslash) characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1973?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Digi Www Server.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1973 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-2004-1973 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1973 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3rf-282h-rx6r.