CVE-2013-5959 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Blue Coat ProxySG by triggering excessive HTTP pre-fetch requests via recursive HTML links.
- 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-2013-5959?
CVE-2013-5959 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Sep 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Blue Coat ProxySG before 6.2.14.1, 6.3.x, 6.4.x, and 6.5 before 6.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and dropped connections) via a recursive href in an HTML page, which triggers a large number of HTTP RW pipeline pre-fetch requests.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5959?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bluecoat Proxysg, Bluecoat Proxysgos.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5959 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-2013-5959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3vj2-4g5h-4v38.