CVE-2004-2472 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by flooding the firewall with invalid packets.
- 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-2004-2472?
CVE-2004-2472 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Agnitum Outpost Pro Firewall 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of small, invalid packets, which can not be processed quickly enough by Outpost Pro.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2472?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Agnitum Outpost Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2472?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2472 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-2004-2472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvpg-52rc-692c.