CVE-2004-2519 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by sending crafted directory specifiers in the LANGUAGE parameter.
- 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-2004-2519?
CVE-2004-2519 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
Gattaca Server 2003 1.1.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via directory specifiers in the LANGUAGE parameter to (1) index.tmpl and (2) web.tmpl, such as (a) slash "/", (b) backslash "\", (c) dot ".",, (d) dot dot "..", and (e) internal slash "lang//en".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2519?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Geeos Team Gattaca Server 2003.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2519?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2519 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-2004-2519 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-2519 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f2r6-2mvm-7f46.