CVE-2005-4716 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Hitachi TP1/Server Base and TP1/NET/Library 2 on IBM AIX by sending invalid data to specific ports.
- 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-2005-4716?
CVE-2005-4716 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Hitachi TP1/Server Base and TP1/NET/Library 2 on IBM AIX allow remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (OpenTP1 system outage) via invalid data to a port used by a system-server process, and (2) cause a denial of service (process failure) via invalid data to a port used by any of certain other processes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4716?
How do I fix CVE-2005-4716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4716 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-2005-4716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qw54-4wxm-x2wr.