CVE-2001-0460

Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2001-06-27

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Websweeper (Baltimore Technologies)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/167406
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6214