CVE-2007-0421 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by sending malformed headers that fill the server log with excessive data.
- 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-2007-0421?
CVE-2007-0421 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 23 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BEA WebLogic Server 6.1 through 6.1 SP7, and 7.0 through 7.0 SP7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via requests containing malformed headers, which cause a large amount of data to be written to the server log.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0421?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bea Weblogic Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0421?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0421 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-2007-0421 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0421 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server
- CVE-2008-3257 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2007-0417 BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP7, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when using the WebLogic Server 6.1 compatibility realm, allows a
- 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-v2rh-2cww-7qrm.