CVE-2009-0751 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Yaws web server by sending requests with excessive headers, causing memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0751?
CVE-2009-0751 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Yaws before 1.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a request with a large number of headers.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0751?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yaws Yaws.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0751?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2009-0751 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0751 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0751, DSA-1740-1, GHSA-9574-q3cv-v9f8.