CVE-2007-2722 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause application instability and denial of service in NewzCrawler by sending invalid strings in URL attributes.
- 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-2007-2722?
CVE-2007-2722 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in NewzCrawler 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application instability) via certain invalid strings in the URL attribute of an ENCLOSURE element, as demonstrated by a "%s" sequence, a "%Y" sequence, a "%%" sequence, and an "n," sequence.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2722?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Newzcrawler Newzcrawler.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2722?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2722 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-2007-2722 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2722 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fm8-x8j3-w9mx.