CVE-2005-1746 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause cluster slowdown in BEA WebLogic Server by sending modified cookies that trigger connections to arbitrary hosts.
- 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-2005-1746?
CVE-2005-1746 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 24 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cluster cookie parsing code in BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through Service Pack 5 attempts to contact any host or port specified in a cookie, even when it is not in the cluster, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cluster slowdown) via modified cookies.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1746?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bea Weblogic Server, Oracle Weblogic Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1746?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1746 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-2005-1746 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1746 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server
- CVE-2008-3257 Memory corruption in n/a
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- CVE-2003-0640 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2001-0098 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2000-0681 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hx82-h7cq-j4xg.