PT-2001-1671 · Websweeper · Websweeper

Published 2001-05-24 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0460

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Websweeper version 4.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory exhaustion, by sending an extremely large HTTP Referrer header.

Recommendations For Websweeper version 4.0, consider limiting the length of HTTP headers to prevent memory exhaustion attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the size of the HTTP Referrer header to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0460

Affected Products

Websweeper

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20681 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/167406 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0460 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6214 · Note