CVE-2013-7298 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite recursion triggered by double percent characters in HTTP queries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-7298?
CVE-2013-7298 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
query_params.cpp in cxxtools before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and crash) via an HTTP query that contains %% (double percent) characters.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tntnet Cxxtools.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7298?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2013-7298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7298, GHSA-9q2x-45cv-x3j2, MGASA-2014-0073.