CVE-2008-3697 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the IIS server hosting VMware Server by sending a malformed request to an ISAPI extension.
- 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-2008-3697?
CVE-2008-3697 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Server, published on 3 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An unspecified ISAPI extension in VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IIS crash) via a malformed request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3697?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Server.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3697 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-2008-3697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7x3-rwmf-hc38.