CVE-2007-2506 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Progress WebSpeed by sending a specific messenger URL that triggers an infinite loop.
- 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-2007-2506?
CVE-2007-2506 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
WebSpeed 3.x in OpenEdge 10.x in Progress Software Progress 9.1e, and certain other 9.x versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a messenger URL that invokes _edit.r with no additional parameters, as demonstrated by requests for cgiip.exe or wsisa.dll with WService=wsbroker1/_edit.r in the PATH_INFO.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2506?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Progress Progress, Progress Webspeed.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2506?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2506 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-2007-2506 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2506 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c36r-h4vm-4w2p.