CVE-2004-1981 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause disk exhaustion and denial of service by repeatedly requesting reports without retrieving associated image files.
- 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-2004-1981?
CVE-2004-1981 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
The web interface for Crystal Reports allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk exhaustion) by repeatedly requesting reports without retrieving the associated image files, which are not cleared from the image file folder.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1981?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Businessobjects Crystal Enterprise, Businessobjects Crystal Reports.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1981 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-2004-1981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcq6-q47h-5jff.