CVE-2008-6938 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Pi3Web server and disclose its full pathname by requesting non-executable files in the ISAPI directory.
- 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-2008-6938?
CVE-2008-6938 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pi3Web 2.0.3 before PL2, when installed on Windows as a desktop application and without using the Pi3Web/Conf/Intenet.pi3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) and obtain the full pathname of the server via a request to a file in the ISAPI directory that is not an executable DLL, which triggers the crash when the DLL load fails, as demonstrated using Isapi\users.txt.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Holger Zimmermann Pi3web.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6938?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6938 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-2008-6938 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6938 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fqmg-328x-p2v7.