CVE-2007-0538 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Telligent Community Server by exploiting pingback service calls with large or binary files.
- 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-2007-0538?
CVE-2007-0538 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Telligent Community Server 2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to (1) a large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint; or (2) a file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Telligent Systems Community Server Forums.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0538?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0538 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-2007-0538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9pg-9p4q-26xc.