CVE-2007-0157 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using the neon library by sending URIs with non-ASCII characters, causing a buffer under-read.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-0157?
CVE-2007-0157 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Array index error in the uri_lookup function in the URI parser for neon 0.26.0 to 0.26.2, possibly only on 64-bit platforms, allows remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a URI with non-ASCII characters, which triggers a buffer under-read due to a type conversion error that generates a negative index.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0157?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Neon Neon.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0157?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2007-0157 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0157 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwwq-w362-7hgm.