CVE-2005-1063 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion in Kerio firewall administration protocols.

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-2005-1063?

CVE-2005-1063 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The administration protocol for Kerio WinRoute Firewall 6.x up to 6.0.10, Personal Firewall 4.x up to 4.1.2, and MailServer up to 6.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain attacks that force the product to "compute unexpected conditions" and "perform cryptographic operations."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1063?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Kerio Kerio Mailserver, Kerio Personal Firewall, Kerio Winroute Firewall.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1063?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1063 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-2005-1063 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2hr3-rh39-x685.

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