CVE-2005-4764 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can lock out the admin account by guessing passwords, causing denial of service for administrators.
- 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-2005-4764?
CVE-2005-4764 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 1 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 9.0, 8.1, and 7.0 lock out the admin user account after multiple incorrect password guesses, which allows remote attackers who know or guess the admin account name to cause a denial of service (blocked admin logins).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4764?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bea Weblogic Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4764?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4764 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-2005-4764 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4764 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-p2q5-v57c-8gw3.