CVE-2005-1204 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Desktop Rover via a crafted packet, causing a 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-2005-1204?
CVE-2005-1204 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Desktop Rover 3.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet to TCP port 61427, which causes an invalid memory access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1204?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nelso Software Desktop Rover.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1204?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1204 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-2005-1204 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-1204 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j93c-p5c2-847j.