CVE-2006-0362 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via CPU consumption in TippingPoint IPS by sending malformed HTTP requests.

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-2006-0362?

CVE-2006-0362 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) TOS before 2.1.4.6324, and TOS 2.2.x before 2.2.1.6506, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an unknown vector, probably involving an HTTP request with a negative number in the Content-Length header.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0362?

It affects 1 product.

Products include 3com Tippingpoint Ips Tos.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0362 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-2006-0362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7fhq-432v-53gf.

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