CVE-2005-4857 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 6 Jul 2007 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Authenticated users can crash the Apache server via a malformed search request in eZ publish, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2005-4857?

CVE-2005-4857 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jul 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.7, 3.6 before 3.6.5, 3.7 before 3.7.3, and 3.8 before 20051128 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd segmentation fault) via a request to content/advancedsearch.php with an empty SearchContentClassID parameter, reportedly related to a "memory addressing error".

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4857?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ez Ez Publish.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4857?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4857 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-2005-4857 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pm94-gq37-wp9p.