CVE-2002-1153

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Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Websphere 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with long HTTP headers, such as "Host".

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1140	IBM Websphere 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with long HTTP headers, such as "Host".

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.4% (3.359% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/websphere/appserv/support/fixes/pq62144/readme.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103244572803950&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10140.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5749

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Application Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:12 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 1, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:12 AM
Reserved: Sep 24, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 11, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

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