CVE-2017-16249 Denial of service in n/a
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in the Debut embedded HTTP server by sending a malformed POST request, blocking network print jobs and web access.
- 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-2017-16249?
CVE-2017-16249 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Debut embedded http server contains a remotely exploitable denial of service where a single malformed HTTP POST request can cause the server to hang until eventually replying (~300 seconds) with an HTTP 500 error. While the server is hung, print jobs over the network are blocked and the web interface is inaccessible. An attacker can continuously send this malformed request to keep the device inaccessible to legitimate traffic.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16249?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Brother Dcp-J132w Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16249?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16249 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-2017-16249 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-16249 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2v7v-jr6q-q2jg.