CVE-2009-3277 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion using a crafted input string in the DataVault library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-3277?
CVE-2009-3277 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Sep 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DataVault.Tesla/Impl/TypeSystem/AssociationHelper.cs in datavault allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an input string composed of an [ (open bracket) followed by many commas, related to a certain regular expression, aka a "ReDoS" vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3277?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xenu by Datavault.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3277 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-2009-3277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-88vx-49vv-gcx2.