PT-2000-1556 · O'Reilly · O'Reilly Website Professional

Published 2000-07-19 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0622

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions O'Reilly WebSite Professional web server versions 2.x

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Webfind CGI program, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL containing a long keywords parameter.

Recommendations For O'Reilly WebSite Professional web server versions 2.x, consider restricting access to the Webfind CGI program until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using long keywords parameters in URLs to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0622

Affected Products

O'Reilly Website Professional

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20086 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0622 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0622 · Note
• http://nai.com/research/covert/advisories/043.asp · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1487 · Note
• http://website.oreilly.com/support/software/wspro25_releasenotes.txt · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4962 · Note