CVE-2004-2224 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the application by sending HTTP GET requests with MS-DOS device names, 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-2004-2224?

CVE-2004-2224 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Appfoundry Message Foundry 2.75 .0003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP GET request that contains MS-DOS device names such as com1.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2224?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Appfoundry Message Foundry.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2224?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2224 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-2004-2224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w9mf-qg87-x3cg.

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