PT-2005-1769 · Py · Active Webcam Webserver

Published 2005-03-13 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-0734

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 PY Software Active Webcam WebServer version 5.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory exhaustion and process crash, via a large number of HTTP requests.

Recommendations For version 5.5, consider implementing rate limiting on HTTP requests to mitigate the risk of denial of service attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the webcam.exe service until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0734

Affected Products

Active Webcam Webserver

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0734 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19653 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-03/0216.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14553 · Note
• http://secway.org/advisory/ad20050104.txt · Note