CVE-2004-2505 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending repeated requests that trigger large error messages, consuming memory and crashing the server.
- 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-2004-2505?
CVE-2004-2505 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Macromedia ColdFusion MX before 6.1 does not restrict the size of error messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by sending repeated GET or POST requests that trigger error messages that use long strings of data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2505?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Macromedia Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2505 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-2004-2505 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2505 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9cmf-77hw-89cq.