CVE-2009-5132 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Websense Web Security and Web Filter by sending a crafted URL, disrupting filtering services.
- 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-2009-5132?
CVE-2009-5132 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Filtering Service in Websense Web Security and Web Filter before 6.3.1 Hotfix 106 and 7.x before 7.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (filtering outage) via a crafted URL.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5132?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Websense Websense Web Filter, Websense Websense Web Security.
How do I fix CVE-2009-5132?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-5132 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-2009-5132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-94c4-qg85-58m3.