CVE-2009-3749 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Websense Web Administrator service by sending a specific HTTP request and closing the connection prematurely.
- 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-2009-3749?
CVE-2009-3749 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and closing the socket before the service can send a response.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3749?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Websense Email Security, Websense Personal Email Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3749?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3749 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-2009-3749 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3749 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcvr-5v45-3j27.