CVE-2004-2117 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Tiny Server by sending malformed HTTP requests, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2004-2117?
CVE-2004-2117 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tiny Server 1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTTP requests such as (1) a GET request without the HTTP version (HTTP/1.1), or (2) a request without GET or the HTTP version.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2117?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tinyserver Tinyserver.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2117?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2117 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-2004-2117 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2117 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mr95-v55h-pp97.