CVE-2006-6855 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the AIDeX Mini-WebServer daemon by flooding it with HTTP GET requests, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2006-6855?
CVE-2006-6855 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AIDeX Mini-WebServer 1.1 early release 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a flood of HTTP GET requests, possibly related to display of HTTP log data by the GUI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6855?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Aidex Mini-Webserver.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6855?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6855 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-2006-6855 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6855 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4crx-3m2q-g65p.