CVE-2004-2078 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service and loss of logged events on Red-M Red-Alert devices by sending a long request to TCP port 80.
- 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-2004-2078?
CVE-2004-2078 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Red-M Red-Alert 2.7.5 with software 3.1 build 24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and loss of logged events) via a long request to TCP port 80, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2078?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Red-M Red-Alert.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2078?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2078 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-2004-2078 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2078 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g2jg-mp3f-m9rj.