CVE-2007-3159 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the MiniWeb HTTP Server by sending a negative Content-Length header, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2007-3159?
CVE-2007-3159 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
http.c in MiniWeb Http Server 0.8.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative value in the Content-Length HTTP header.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3159?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Miniweb Http Server Miniweb Http Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3159?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3159 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-2007-3159 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-3159 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xh6-3wvw-j67f.