CVE-2008-7227 Denial of service in n/a
A flaw in GeoServer's buffer handling prevents proper exception reporting, potentially leading to denial of service conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-7227?
CVE-2008-7227 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2009. It can be exploited over the network.
Official description
PartialBufferOutputStream2 in GeoServer before 1.6.1 and 1.7.0-beta1 attempts to flush buffer contents even when it is handling an "in memory buffer," which prevents the reporting of a service exception, with unknown impact and attack vectors.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7227?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Geoserver Geoserver.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7227?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7227 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-2008-7227 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7227 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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