CVE-2002-1169

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Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 7.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_caching_proxy_server:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1153	IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.

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: 7.1% (7.124% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY35970&apar=only
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10452.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2090
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0007.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6002

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Websphere Caching Proxy Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 1, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 3:19 AM
Reserved: Sep 27, 2002, 12:00 AM

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

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 4, 2002, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM

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