CVE-2005-1247 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell Nsure Audit by sending malformed ASN.1 packets to the SSL server.
- 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-2005-1247?
CVE-2005-1247 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
webadmin.exe in Novell Nsure Audit 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed ASN.1 packets in corrupt client certificates to an SSL server, as demonstrated using an exploit for the OpenSSL ASN.1 parsing vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1247?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Nsure Audit.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1247?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1247 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-2005-1247 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1247 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v5j-pf93-x5xr.