CVE-2010-0496 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the FreeBit ServersMan daemon on iOS devices by sending a malformed HEAD request to the root URI.
- 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-2010-0496?
CVE-2010-0496 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FreeBit ServersMan 3.1.5 on Apple iPhone OS 3.1.2, and iPhone OS for iPod touch, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a HEAD request for the / URI.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0496?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebit Serversman.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0496 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-2010-0496 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0496 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3mpq-x397-f3cg.