CVE-2005-2208 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash PrivaShare servers by sending malformed messages, causing service disruption.
- 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-2005-2208?
CVE-2005-2208 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PrivaShare 1.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed message.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Privashare Privashare.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2208?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2208 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-2005-2208 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2208 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpc8-xc65-pq5w.