PT-2003-2503 · Fnord · Fnord

Ralf Wildenhues · Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2003-1558

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 fnord version 1.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to create a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CGI request passed to the do cgi function.

Recommendations For fnord version 1.6, consider restricting access to the do cgi function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using long CGI requests to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1558

Affected Products

Fnord

References · 7

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6635 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1558 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/7893 · Vendor Advisory
• http://fefe.de/fnord · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11121 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/307400/30/26270/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1558 · Note