CVE-2004-2762 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server via HTTP traffic when HTTP communication is enabled, causing 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-2004-2762?

CVE-2004-2762 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The server in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 4.2.x on MVS, 5.1.9.x before 5.1.9.1, 5.1.x before 5.1.10, 5.2.2.x before 5.2.2.3, 5.2.x before 5.2.3, 5.3.x before 5.3.0, and 6.x before 6.1, when the HTTP communication method is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via unspecified HTTP traffic, as demonstrated by the IBM port scanner 1.3.1.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2762?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2762?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2762 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-2004-2762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p2v3-9pr5-prv3.

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