CVE-2004-2543 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause proxy failures in Sidewinder G2 via invalid traffic, though the system may automatically restart.
- 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-2004-2543?
CVE-2004-2543 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Secure Computing Corporation Sidewinder G2 6.1.0.01 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy failure) via invalid traffic to the (1) T.120 or (2) RTSP proxy, or (3) invalid MIME messages to the mail filter. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability because the embedded monitoring sub-system automatically restarts after the failure.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2543?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Securecomputing Sidewinder G2.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2543?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2543 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-2004-2543 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2543 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7j2q-p7jf-5f7p.