CVE-2013-3707 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the HTTPSTK service by establishing many TCP connections due to missing SSL cleanup calls.
- 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-2013-3707?
CVE-2013-3707 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HTTPSTK service in the novell-nrm package before 2.0.2-297.305.302.3 in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux, and OES 11 Linux Gold and SP1, does not make the intended SSL_free and SSL_shutdown calls for the close of a TCP connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) by establishing many TCP connections to port 8009.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3707?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Open Enterprise Server.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3707?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3707 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-2013-3707 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3707 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c79m-cfh4-phqp.