CVE-2004-1973

Public Exploit

Description

DiGi Web Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP GET request that contains a large number of / (slash) characters, which consumes resources when DiGi converts the slashes to \ (backslash) characters.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 9.19% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory osvdb.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10228	patch vendor advisory vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/11490	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/5702	patch vendor advisory vdb entry exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311170018203&w=2	mailing list
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=234261	patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15987	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009957.html	vdb entry
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/DiGiWwwServerC1-adv.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1973?: CVE-2004-1973 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1973?: To fix CVE-2004-1973, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1973 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1973 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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