CVE-2004-2151 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Chatman server via large data size, leading to memory consumption or crash.

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-2004-2151?

CVE-2004-2151 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Chatman 1.1.1 RC1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a very large data size.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2151?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Virtual Projects Chatman.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2151?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2151 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-2004-2151 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2151 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2h96-65w7-v444.

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